Democrats hoping to appear ‘normal’ as they roll out their blue wave of weirdos ahead of critical midterms

New York Post · collected 2026-09-07 · by Miranda Devine
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The article is an opinion piece that argues Democrats are unlikely to succeed in the midterms due to their "weird" policies and candidates. The author claims that Democrats have been voting against resolutions condemning socialism, and are instead focusing on issues such as rejecting voter ID, abolishing prisons, and defunding police, which polls suggest are unpopular with the general public. Key figures mentioned include Trump administration officials, Michigan Senate candidate Zohran Mamdani, and Twitch-streamer Hasan Piker, who the author describes as "symbolic of the off-putting anti-American weirdness that has gripped the Democratic Party". The article implies that Democrats are using their "Trump derangement" and claims to represent a "return to normalcy" as an attempt to distract from their own policies.
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Story summary

As the midterm elections approach, the stakes are high for both parties. The Trump administration is hoping to capitalize on an economic boom, which it attributes to its free enterprise agenda, and reverse what it sees as "woke cultural insanity". However, Democrats are facing pressure after voting against a resolution in the House condemning socialism, which some see as a key issue in the election. Newt Gingrich has framed the election as a choice between big government socialism and a Republican Party focused on creating a better future. Meanwhile, the GOP is holding its first midterm convention in Dallas, where it plans to showcase the successes of the Trump administration's first half-term. With just two months left until the elections, the outcome is far from certain, as some pundits predict a "blue wave" or even a "tsunami" that could annihilate the Trump agenda.

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Who wrote this

Miranda Devine
1 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 When we return to work after the Labor Day weekend, the hope is that America will start paying attention to the stark choice offered at the midterm elections in November.
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America Dallas Democrats House a Republican Party

Subjects

Trump PERSON · 6× Democrats NORP · 4× America GPE · 2× Dallas GPE · 2× Mamdani PERSON · 2× American NORP · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× House ORG · 1× Newt Gingrich’s PERSON · 1× a Republican Party ORG · 1×

Narrative

Wrong on issues Democrats last week voted against a resolution in the House condemning socialism, playing beautifully into Newt Gingrich’s framing of the election as a choice between “big government socialism and weird values, or a Republican Party focused on creating a better future for every American.” By contrast, the GOP’s first midterm convention in Dallas this week will attempt to showcase the successes of the first half of the second Trump term that thus far have been muted by successful media nay-saying, clumsy messaging and a president distracted by war.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-07
🔮 When we return to work after the Labor Day weekend, the hope is that America will start paying attention to the stark choice offered at the midterm elections in November.

Claims (36 extracted, 2 hedged)

When we return to work after the Labor Day weekend, the hope is that America will start paying attention to the stark choice offered at the midterm elections in November. asserted
America → return → November
There are just two months left until voters decide whether the Trump administration can continue the free enterprise agenda that is sparking an economic boom and keep reversing the woke cultural insanity that ruined so many lives — or whether the big-government socialists who call themselves Democrats will cripple all that progress and mire the country in another round of debilitating impeachment politics. asserted
who → be → politics
While historical precedent and the pundit class predict a blue wave — or even a tsunami — will annihilate the Trump agenda, a cashed-up Donald Trump and his formidable administration officials are planning to put up a fight that Democrats are in no position to match, if reality means anything. asserted
reality → predict → anything
Wrong on issues Democrats last week voted against a resolution in the House condemning socialism, playing beautifully into Newt Gingrich’s framing of the election as a choice between “big government socialism and weird values, or a Republican Party focused on creating a better future for every American.” By contrast, the GOP’s first midterm convention in Dallas this week will attempt to showcase the successes of the first half of the second Trump term that thus far have been muted by successful media nay-saying, clumsy messaging and a president distracted by war. asserted
that → vote → war
We will soon tell from Trump’s two bookend speeches in Dallas whether he is in the mood to stay on message. asserted
he → tell → message
He ought to be motivated by the fact that the midterms will be a referendum on his presidency at a time when his approval ratings are in the toilet. asserted
ratings → motivate → toilet
Meanwhile, Democrats are assisting greatly by shooting themselves in the feet with weird policies and even weirder candidates, Whether it’s rejecting voter ID, abolishing prisons, defunding police or allowing men to play in women’s sports, they seem to be on the wrong side of popular opinion on just about everything. asserted
they → assist → everything
All they have on their side is Trump derangement and the increasingly implausible ruse that they represent a “return to normalcy.” asserted
they → have → normalcy
We heard that about Joe Biden, and his presidency was the opposite of normal. asserted
presidency → hear → normal
No doubt Dems and their street militias are planning the sort of color revolution chaos that worked so well for them in 2020’s “summer of love.” asserted
that → plan → love
Then, Biden offered the illusion of relief from the chaos he falsely blamed on Trump. asserted
he → offer → Trump
But Americans are unlikely to be fooled twice. asserted
Americans → fool → ?
Islamo-leftists Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Senate candidate, and their campaign buddy, the odious dog-torturing Twitch-streamer Hasan Piker, are symbolic of the off-putting anti-American weirdness that has gripped the Democratic Party. asserted
that → torture → Party
Mamdani and El-Sayed have both been trolling 9/11 families on the eve of the 25th anniversary this week of al-Qaeda’s terrorist attack, with both politicians having previously downplayed the atrocity as just “3,000 [people] died” and being less sad than the foreign lives lost in the subsequent war on terror. asserted
people → troll → terror
Not content with downplaying the attack, Mamdani insists on turning up at the Ground Zero commemorations on Friday even though 9/11 families and the Port Authority’s retired cops have told him to stay away. asserted
families → downplay → him
And last Friday, he went one step farther, during a signing ceremony of executive orders related to 9/11 commemorations, when he virtually spat in the faces of the dead. asserted
he → go → dead
After signing the papers, he handed the honorary pen to Ramzi Kassem, his chief counsel and the lawyer who represented an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist. asserted
who → sign → terrorist
His grotesque flex was even worse because he made a clearly uncomfortable NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch pass the pen to Kassem. asserted
Tisch → make → Kassem
You can imagine the snickering and high-fiving in Gracie Mansion: Hasan will love it, bro! asserted
Hasan → imagine → it
The Turkish-raised Piker has said America deserved 9/11 and that he hates this country, and he proudly displays a framed front page featuring the burning Twin Towers in the background of his Twitch live stream — yet all his Democrat buddies can do is say he’s irrelevant. asserted
he → raise → stream
El-Sayed, meantime, chose to spend the weekend before the 25th anniversary at an Islamic convention alongside various 9/11 conspiracy theorists and anti-Israel obsessives, where he railed against what he claims is a growing anti-Muslim sentiment across the country. uncertain
he → choose → country
The upside is that this very un-American malice scares normal voters outside the DSA bastion of New York City, where the “Lulu Lenins,” as Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) describes Mamdani and his trust-fund comrades, have given Democrats a terrible name. asserted
Lenins → scar → name
The Democratic Party’s frantic efforts to rebrand itself as “normal” for the midterms are hilariously doomed, considering the reality of its policy priorities. asserted
efforts → rebrand → priorities
Beyond impeaching Trump, Democrats have no agenda to create prosperity and ensure happiness for Americans. asserted
Democrats → impeach → Americans
It’s all about entrenching their power and making life miserable, whether it’s stacking the Supreme Court, creating two new Democrat states, abolishing the Electoral College, “Medicare for all” illegal migrants, abolishing ICE, defunding the police, and on and on. asserted
it → ’ → police
By contrast, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did a great job last week at the G20 presenting the grown-up alternative of economic growth along with facts that show the Trump economic agenda is paying dividends. asserted
agenda → do → dividends
He pointed to “4.7% wage increases [for the] bottom 25% on the income ladder” that come from Trump’s restructuring of the economy away from government jobs to the private sector. asserted
that → point → sector
He said “regulatory certainty, tax certainty and energy certainty” have made the US the world’s energy superpower. asserted
US → say → ?
By 2028, we will have 80% of global computing power, making America the world’s “AI superpower, and we are pulling away,” he told Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow. asserted
he → have → Kudlow
Bessent also painted a picture of Iran’s dire economic situation as he moves to “economically asphyxiate” the regime. asserted
he → paint → regime
He has been busy ferreting out assets the regime elites have hidden around the world, and now Europe has agreed to join in. asserted
Europe → ferret → world
Just last week, two luxury London penthouses linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei were put up for sale, The Sunday Times reported. asserted
Times → link → sale
Tehran is reportedly worried it has overplayed its trump card of the Hormuz Strait, as the US blockade of Iranian ships has left the regime with only “about 30 million barrels of Iranian crude oil left that China hasn’t bought” says Bessent, while our Navy helps friendly tankers get through. uncertain
tankers → worry → that
“In two years, the Strait of Hormuz will be . . . a worthless piece of water,” he told Kudlow, as oil “will be going on pipelines across land” instead. asserted
oil → tell → land
As well, reports last week that China President Xi Jinping publicly snubbed Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian by refusing a formal meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit suggest that Tehran’s partnership with Beijing is fraying under the pressure. asserted
partnership → snub → pressure
There is a lot of good news for the Republicans to tell, if only people will listen. asserted
people → be → news
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