The Democratic Party Didn’t Fail to Stop Trump in 2016

In fact, the Democratic Party and Democrats in the press helped elect him. Are they doing it again?

President Donald J. Trump walks from the White House to deliver remarks at the Rolling Back Regulations to Help All Americans event Thursday, July 16, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Delano Scott)

Before they were against him, they were for him.

Some Democrats in 2016 thought supporting Donald Trump in the Republican primary would hurt the Republican Party’s chances in November. They thought Trump had absolutely no chance whatsoever of winning the White House and would be easier for Democrats to beat in the election.

So Democrats in the media- from Joe Scarborough floating a bid to be Trump’s running mate, to CNN’s comprehensive coverage of Trump rallies, to Huffington stories about the Trump campaign in the entertainment section- angled to help boost Trump’s chances.

It was a risky strategy, but it wasn’t seen as such at the time.

For their part, elected Democrats in the upper echelons of leadership and celebrity Democrats did their level best to assure everyone that Donald Trump had absolutely no, as in none whatsoever, chance at winning.

“He is not going to become President. He is not. Donald Trump is not going to be the President of the United States. Take it to the bank. I guarantee it.” — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, 2016

“Donald Trump will be President about the time…