CNN’s Zakaria Slams Dems ‘Lawfare’ Against Trump, ‘Deeply Illiberal’ Culture War

ZAKARIA But they blew ░░░░░░░░ The New York Times ░░░░░░░░ that Harris will lose ░░░░░░░░ national popular vote by ░░░░░░░░ 1 5 points a ░░░░░░░░ for Democrats since 2004 ░░░░░░░░ inflation is something that ░░░░░░░░ hard to shut down ░░░░░░░░ there were other issues ░░░░░░░░ Democrats flubbed which inflamed ░░░░░░░░ opposition and depressed their ░░░░░░░░ I will talk about ░░░░░░░░ here because it is ░░░░░░░░ right time to do ░░░░░░░░ postmortem but to avoid ░░░░░░░░ to have 20 20 ░░░░░░░░ I should say that ░░░░░░░░ have noted each of ░░░░░░░░ mistakes at the time ░░░░░░░░ provoking angry responses from ░░░░░░░░ left The first big ░░░░░░░░ was the Biden Administration ░░░░░░░░ blindness to the collapse ░░░░░░░░ the immigration system and ░░░░░░░░ chaos at the border ░░░░░░░░ asylum system that was ░░░░░░░░ for a small number ░░░░░░░░ persecuted individuals was being ░░░░░░░░ by millions to gain ░░░░░░░░ entry Instead of shutting ░░░░░░░░ down liberals branded anyone ░░░░░░░░ as heartless and racist ░░░░░░░░ missed a massive shift ░░░░░░░░ American public opinion in ░░░░░░░░ a few years In ░░░░░░░░ the percentage of Americans ░░░░░░░░ wanted to decrease immigration ░░░░░░░░ just 28 By this ░░░░░░░░ it was 55 When ░░░░░░░░ Harris went on The ░░░░░░░░ and was asked how ░░░░░░░░ would have differed from ░░░░░░░░ instead of basically saying ░░░░░░░░ different she should have ░░░░░░░░ I would have shut ░░░░░░░░ the border early and ░░░░░░░░ The second error was ░░░░░░░░ overzealous misuse of law ░░░░░░░░ punish Trump The most ░░░░░░░░ of the cases pursued ░░░░░░░░ Alvin Bragg s in ░░░░░░░░ York one that even ░░░░░░░░ was once skeptical of ░░░░░░░░ was reportedly pressured by ░░░░░░░░ on the left into ░░░░░░░░ Some cases like the ░░░░░░░░ one were legitimate but ░░░░░░░░ host of them piled ░░░░░░░░ in rapid succession gave ░░░░░░░░ impression that the legal ░░░░░░░░ was being weaponized to ░░░░░░░░ Trump It confirmed to ░░░░░░░░ base what it had ░░░░░░░░ believed that over educated ░░░░░░░░ liberals are hypocrites happy ░░░░░░░░ bend rules and norms ░░░░░░░░ it suited their purposes ░░░░░░░░ is worth noting that ░░░░░░░░ this week s election ░░░░░░░░ CNN exit poll found ░░░░░░░░ among those who believe ░░░░░░░░ democracy in the U ░░░░░░░░ is threatened a majority ░░░░░░░░ Trump Lawfare turned Trump ░░░░░░░░ being a loser into ░░░░░░░░ Victor and as his ░░░░░░░░ grew his campaign contributions ░░░░░░░░ and his poll numbers ░░░░░░░░ The final error is ░░░░░░░░ more diffuse one the ░░░░░░░░ of identity politics on ░░░░░░░░ left which made it ░░░░░░░░ for all kinds of ░░░░░░░░ policies that largely came ░░░░░░░░ of the urban academic ░░░░░░░░ but alienated many mainstream ░░░░░░░░ There is an irony ░░░░░░░░ claiming to be pro ░░░░░░░░ by insisting that people ░░░░░░░░ the term Latinx only ░░░░░░░░ discover that Latinos themselves ░░░░░░░░ the word is weird ░░░░░░░░ kind of obsession made ░░░░░░░░ view people too much ░░░░░░░░ their ethnic or racial ░░░░░░░░ gender identity and it ░░░░░░░░ them miss for example ░░░░░░░░ working class Latinos were ░░░░░░░░ toward Trump perhaps because ░░░░░░░░ were socially conservative or ░░░░░░░░ his macho rhetoric or ░░░░░░░░ agreed with his hard ░░░░░░░░ stance on immigration One ░░░░░░░░ Trump s most effective ░░░░░░░░ on trans issues had ░░░░░░░░ tagline Clip starts NARRATOR ░░░░░░░░ is for they them ░░░░░░░░ Trump is for you ░░░░░░░░ ends ZAKARIA The problem ░░░░░░░░ much deeper than simply ░░░░░░░░ about nouns and pronouns ░░░░░░░░ entire focus on identity ░░░░░░░░ morphed into something deeply ░░░░░░░░ judging people by the ░░░░░░░░ of their skin rather ░░░░░░░░ the content of their ░░░░░░░░ Similarly university speech codes ░░░░░░░░ cancel culture have become ░░░░░░░░ way the left censors ░░░░░░░░ restricts that most cherished ░░░░░░░░ liberal ideas freedom of ░░░░░░░░ One simple way to ░░░░░░░░ about the lessons of ░░░░░░░░ election is that liberals ░░░░░░░░ achieve liberal goals however ░░░░░░░░ by illiberal means.”