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What We All Missed in the Blue Wave
How last year’s midterm elections transformed the Democratic Party
A long, long time ago in a news cycle far, far away we were captivated by the ‘Blue Wave’ of Democrat wins in the midterm elections. Responses on the Right ranged from labeling it a “major setback for President Trump’s legislative agenda” to Fox News roundtables discussing “the outrageous excuses for the lack of a democratic blue wave” altogether. The left was similarly wide ranging in its response with some believing Democrats taking back the House was a watershed event, while most were tempered by what they saw as more of a blue tide slowly pushing back against Trump and the Republicans. I myself argued that the results were not a Blue Wave, but a Blue Tsunami that would open a Pandora’s box of investigations and political gridlock that would stymie Trump and America for the next two years.
And yet we all missed what has become the most important impact of the midterm elections: the end of white moderates as the traditional leadership of the Democratic Party.
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