Democrats try to dodge ‘Woke 1’

Published August 11, 2026 5:00am ET



The Democratic Party is in a bind. 

There is a general acknowledgment that voters this November and beyond might easily be put off by the radical policies of many Democratic candidates, such as abolishing the police, abolishing ICE, and paying for sex change operations for illegal immigrants with tax dollars. Such extremes and general weirdness certainly hurt Democrats at the ballot box in 2024.

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