The Washington Examiner’s David Drucker commented Thursday on the gloomy midterm election outlook for the Democratic Party as progressive candidates and officeholders lose popularity across the country.
“It’s because Democrats themselves are not happy with how they are being led on these issues,” Drucker said of the results on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom.
Drucker’s commentary comes in light of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin being ousted in a recall vote Wednesday. Boudin was infamous for his left-wing approach to crime.
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Drucker further pointed out President Joe Biden’s inability to “corral his party.”
“That’s this internal debate Democrats have been having, with many Democratic leaders and the president of the United States calling for enlarging police departments and cracking down on rising crime but some of the most progressive reformers within the Democratic Party asking and calling to do the opposite,” Drucker added. “The problem is there is a lot of unsettled opinion in his party about what should be done on a whole host of issues, including police reform.”
Drucker noted that some factions of the Republican Party support reform. He brought up former President Donald Trump’s criminal justice reform law while admitting that there were Republican opponents to it at the time, including Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR).
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“This is a movement that has been supported by both parties. Republicans and Democrats, I think, are making the argument that we can believe in reforming police practices while still being tough on crime and reducing crime rates,” Drucker said. “Maybe those things are incompatible. We’ll find out.”
