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Two Comforting Lies the Left is Telling Themselves
Will it cost Democrats the election- again- in November?
Lie #1: Trump inherited a booming economy from Obama/Biden.
This lie is an extension of an even bigger lie the Democratic Party has been perpetuating on its voters since 2008: That President Barack Obama was the quintessentially perfect liberal president.
This prevalent myth- among elite Democrats anyway- that Obama left nothing undone, disappointed no one, suffered no major scandals, and delivered on his promises to the American people is why so many registered Democrats crossed over in 2016 to vote for Donald Trump. It’s also why they may not cross back in 2020.
Working-class Democrats know better- even those who did manage to pull the lever for Hillary Clinton in the end. Wars, drone bombings, deportations, a failure to address criminal justice reform, climate change or federal drug policies- in addition to a sluggish economy stalling to a standstill- are all part of Obama’s legacy.
The left’s willing blindness to the flaws of a favored politician- and the media’s complicity in carrying out this facade- is why Joe Biden was able to claim, during the recent debate, that Trump inherited a booming economy from the Obama/Biden administration.