The Democratic Party’s cult of personality

Published February 10, 2020 8:46pm ET



Because most Republicans these days choose to support the leader of their party rather than kneecap him, a concept known until 2016 as “party politics,” Democrats and most of the national media have taken to describing the GOP as a new “cult of personality.”

That’s kind of ironic when you consider that all the Democratic Party seems to understand is personality. It’s why the Iowa caucuses were a complete wreck and why Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is running around with what little hair he has ablaze.

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