Michael Cohen - Empty Plates Will Flip This House [View all]

Let’s be brutally honest: we’re not moving the needle because Democrats have suddenly figured out how to talk to voters or craft a compelling message. We’re moving it because the Republican Party has completely lost its mind. The GOP isn’t just bad at governing anymore; they’re morally bankrupt, publicly cruel, and proudly ignorant. And for once, the American people seem to be noticing.

The latest Quinnipiac poll tells a story that should both encourage and alarm Democrats. Fifty percent of voters say they’d rather see Democrats control the House if the election were held today. That’s not because the left is inspiring hope or offering visionary leadership. It’s because voters are disgusted by what they’re seeing from the right — a political movement so detached from basic humanity that they think hunger, poverty, and suffering are punchlines.

Take Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana. The man looked at millions of struggling Americans about to lose access to food assistance and told them to “stop smoking crack.” You read that right. As 42 million Americans braced for their SNAP benefits to run out thanks to the government shutdown, Higgins went online to mock them — as if feeding a family on $350 a month is some kind of luxury.

Higgins’ own state has nearly a million residents relying on SNAP benefits. Eighteen percent of his constituents. Eighteen percent. These are his voters, his neighbors. But instead of empathy, he gave them contempt. Instead of understanding, he handed out stereotypes. And this is who the Republican Party now is: a party that mocks the poor while worshiping the powerful.

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