The Fusion Party
30th May 2017
Victor Davis Hanson lays it out for you.
The Democrats are following the lead of the progressive media — together, they now form the anti-Trump brigade.Is there a Democratic-party alternative to President Trump’s tax plan?Is there a Democratic congressional proposal to stop the hemorrhaging and impending implosion of Obamacare?Do Democrats have some sort of comprehensive package to help the economy grow or to deal with the recent doubling of the national debt?What is the Democratic alternative to Trump’s apparent foreign policy of pragmatic realism or his neglect of entitlement reform?The answers are all no, because for all practical purposes there is no Democratic party as we have traditionally known it.It is no longer a liberal (a word now replaced by progressive) political alternative to conservatism as much as a cultural movement fueled by coastal elites, academics, celebrities — and the media. Its interests are not so much political as cultural. True to its new media identity, the Democratic party is against anything Trump rather than being for something. It seeks to shock and entertain in the fashion of a red-carpet celebrity or MSNBC talking head rather than to legislate or formulate policy as a political party.