Democratic Party isolation is getting worse

Published September 24, 2025 4:25pm ET



We Americans, it seems, continue to live in two separate countries. Consider two items in the news this week and the inconsistent responses they evoked.  

One was the conviction in Florida of Ryan Routh, the second man who attempted to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump in mid-September 2024. The news appeared on page A24 of the print edition of the New York Times.

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