Twenty-four years later, election denial is still the norm on the Left

Published May 17, 2024 3:36pm ET



Donald Trump has a magic power to change people’s minds. He turned some conservative, free-market folks into industrial planners who agree abortion should go away and think extramarital affairs are no big deal.

Trump has an even more powerful effect on the opposing party: One election, the Democrats laughed off fears of Russia with snarky jokes — the 1980s called, and they want their foreign policy back — and the next election, Russia was the biggest threat to the world. Liberals also switched gears on other issues.

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