Whatever reckoning Democrats were pretending to have after losing in last November’s elections is over. The Democratic Party has decided to put itself on the losing side of every hot-button issue to please its radical base.

A YouGov poll found that 45% of people disapprove of the “recent protests in Los Angeles” against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Just 36% approve, even with the favorable characterization of these violent riots as “protests.” Independents disapprove 41%-34%, and one can reasonably guess that the 25% who are “not sure” would come down against the people lighting cars on fire, looting businesses, and trying to throw cement blocks through the windshields of vehicles as federal agents drive through the city.