As they head toward the first electoral contest of 2020, some of the remaining Democratic candidates are not holding back. During a rather boring and expected final debate on Tuesday night, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made a forceful case for electing the first female president. This topic was set in motion by an earlier report that fellow candidate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told Warren privately that a woman could not win the presidency. Sanders denied it, but Warren persisted. But this isn’t a good look for either Warren or those of a similar mindset who push the idea of a female president at any and all costs.

Though they don’t care to admit it, the Democratic Party is still reeling from Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in 2016. Not only did a supposedly inevitable candidate lose to a political newcomer (who they consider an existential threat), but the first major female presidential nominee in history lost to a man. The long-awaited history-making would have to wait. In the years since Trump took office, the desire to unseat him has grown exceedingly strong.