The Libs are Owning...the Libs?

The flurry of executive orders by President Trump since his first few days in office have many who voted against him worried. Some of these orders include revoking birthright citizenship, shutting down diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across government entities, and I.C.E raids and deportations. In the wake of all the actions by President Trump the infamous blame game has once again begun amongst many liberal and democratic voters. Laying the blame of Trump’s current executive orders on those who did not vote for Harris, but for Trump or Jill Stein. The best example of this would be Dearborn, Michigan, the first Arab-American majority city in the US whose voters only gifted Harris 36% of their vote compared to Biden who garnered over 68.8% of the cities votes in 2020. The large difference between 2020 and 2024, was the result of the Gaza war and Harris’ insistence on “Israel’s right to defend itself” without truly taking into consideration the ramifications she would suffer with her pro-Israel rhetoric on a community who had direct ties to either friends or family in Palestine and Lebanon. Dearborn is one of many examples of the disconnect between the DNC and its constituents which ultimately cost the democratic party the election.

The importance of the blame game within the democratic party and liberal ideology currently is the further rupture it reinforces amongst a significant group of people who largely hold similar ideologies and politics. My purpose in starting this blog is to help bridge the gap that I see within our American political system, even if at a micro-level. This does not only include the divide between political parties, but political knowledge, and inter-party relations. Thus, when I see self-righteous posts about how Dearborn, Michigan voters or Mexicans who are believed to have voted for Trump are getting what they deserve with Trump’s policies, it is sickening to say the least. It is sickening because it provides insight at a smaller scale as to the true state of the democratic party. A party who won’t look in the mirror and self-reflect as to why losses like this happen. The democratic party touts itself as the party of empathy however, this empathy seems to fly out the door when a large population states that they cannot and will not vote for someone who is aiding in the destruction of their own people overseas, such as Dearborn, Michigan.

A line that I have uttered countless times these past few months is that votes are earned not given. The democratic party did not earn the voters of Dearborn, minority groups or states. Thus, the fault of Trump’s victory should lie with the Democratic party, not with its constituents. Similar to those in 2016 who blamed everyone but Hillary for her loss, the finger is once again pointed internally at the constituents. I believe the remedy for this would be to hold the politicians internally within the democratic party accountable rather than pointing fingers at one another. I think the DNC needs to look themselves in the mirror and ask why people who are in their own party won’t vote for a presidential candidate that has been chosen to represent them. If there are dealbreakers for a large portion of voters or confusion as to what the candidate’s policy is, the answer from the DNC and one constituent to the other should not be “shut up, fall in line, and vote”. It should be to understand the disconnect, address the issue, and push our politicians to find a way to remedy it. The blame game and self-righteous attacks won’t fix the democratic party or the issues ongoing, they will only serve to further divide a party that is already experiencing an identity crisis.