Dems’ post-election meltdown: Letters

The Issue: Democrats’ infighting and dismay after Donald Trump’s clear victory in last week’s election.

It’s poetic justice that the elitist Democratic leaders and left-leaning media pundits are eating their own after the referendum imposed by the American people on election night (“Blue hoo!” Nov 8).

It’s shocking how out-of-touch Democratic leadership is with the needs of everyday Americans, and the people responded resoundingly.

Americans saw through the propaganda that the legacy media were shoving down our throats for the past four years and said, “We’ve had enough, thank you.”

They tried to paint Republicans as unintelligent, narrow-minded bigots, and that narrative backfired.

Our voices were heard loud and clear.

Hopefully, lessons will be learned from this shellacking.

Matthew Veralli

Manhattan

It’s amazing how the left now blames everyone and every demographic for Harris’ loss.

One only has to look at the amount of red on the election-results map to realize that people are tired and fed up with leftists’ constant rhetoric and woke agenda.

Maybe it’s time they look at themselves in the mirror and admitted that their thinking is the problem.

Even long-time Democrats have abandoned the left’s thinking and “values.”

Pete Vardakis

Morris Plains, NJ

The victory of President-elect Donald Trump has caused much angst in progressive Democratic communities.

His decisive, overwhelming win can be easily explained and understood.

The question that must be asked is why the electorate — referred to as deplorable, garbage, fascists and Nazis — overwhelmingly voted for Trump, who was impeached, indicted and referred to as a fascist, rapist and Hitler.

This excessive vitriol was far more intense than a policy debate or disagreement about a constitutional issue.

The intensity of hatred for Trump was matched on Election Day by the voters’ overwhelming repudiation of the policies of the Democratic progressives.

Ed Konecnik

Flushing

With the Dems in full meltdown and panic mode, they are exhibiting classical signs of the first two stages of grief: denial and anger.

The presidential race itself can be summarized in the following two statements: “Two thirds of Americans believe the country is heading in the wrong direction,” and “in an interview on ABC, Kamala Harris said she couldn’t think of any changes she would make to Biden’s policies.”

The ominous signs for the outcome were clearly there.

However, in their myopic obsession with Trump, Democrats continued to support Kamala Harris, even though she had a dismal approval rating.

Now the Dems are in denial about the reasons for the debacle, and in anger are pointing fingers at everyone but themselves.

Max Wisotsky

Highland Park, NJ

Poor Rep. Nancy Pelosi; she lost again and can’t take it.

There are so many people going out of their minds over this loss to Trump that rivers are filling up with tears.

I seem to remember after the 2020 election, no one who voted for Trump was weeping in the streets.

They took the loss and went on with their lives.

Not so with the Democrats, progressives, elites, academics, Hollywood and the mainstream media.

They just can’t believe that such a thing could happen to them.

Richard A. Ketay

Newark, NJ

As much as it pains me to say it, because I don’t care for Sen. Bernie Sanders or his opinions, in this case, he’s right (“Nancy felt the ‘Bern,’ ” Nov. 11).

Pelosi’s comments regarding Sanders’ letter demonstrate exactly why the Democrats lost.

I was a registered Democrat for many, many years, but switched to the Republican Party over the Democrats’ support for the open border and males playing in female sports — not to mention the economy, which under Biden and Harris has been abysmal.

My hope for the country has returned now that Trump has been elected again.

Mike Klarman

Branford, Conn.

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