The irony of the left is that they have pushed for radical reforms for decades in the hopes of turning the United States into a socialist state like Europe, but now they are freaking out as voters and members of their own party abandon them.
After last week’s San Francisco school board recall election sent shockwaves across the country, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is warning Democrats that the midterm elections may be in jeopardy.
In an op-ed published Tuesday, the former mayor warned Democrats of the impending crisis, claiming that the party is doomed unless it changes course.
Before criticizing his party’s and the San Francisco school board’s failures to intervene on behalf of worried parents, Bloomberg stated that domestic politics pose the greatest threat to preserving democracy and upholding the Constitution.
I'm concerned that, without an immediate course correction, Democrats are headed for a wipeout in November up-and-down the ballot. https://t.co/oGAmVYTVV0
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) February 22, 2022
Furthermore, Democratic lawmakers are publicly proclaiming their plans to leave the party, claiming that they were the first to resign. Harriet Holman, a Democrat from South Carolina and a retired Army lieutenant colonel, is the most recent to join the group.
A South Carolina city council member who is abandoning the Democratic Party in favor of competing for reelection as a Republican.
Republicans, according to Holman, will gain ground in African-American areas.
Harriet became more involved in her community after she retired from the military. After researching the policies of the Democratic and Republican parties, she found she didn’t agree with them and decided to become a Republican rather.