The post mortem reports following the November election are going to be extensive, but even prior to the mid-term elections taking place, which promise to sweep Republicans back into power, you can already see the glaring mistakes being made. Certainly, Democrats have a messaging problem, with some of that being by choice and the rest due to the failures of their policies.

Things like inflation, gas prices, foreign policy disasters, and the border crisis can’t be massaged away with lofty language. On that front, there’s little Democrats can do to change the political dynamics. Joe Biden and his party have to own their boondoggles, whether they want to or not.

But then there’s the messaging that happens by choice. Take, for example, this recent piece from The Washington Post.

Conspiracy theories and grievance permeated the crowd assembled for Donald Trump’s first rally in Michigan since his 2020 election loss, as an adoring throng of 5,000 cheered his familiar claims that the election was “rigged" and "stolen.” https://t.co/cwPHRnK3zK

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 5, 2022

In an article I penned on Tuesday morning, I shared the recent results of two focus groups, both of which were made up of not just Biden voters, but Biden’s base voters. What was found was widespread discontent with the Democrat Party with an emphasis on the issues most Americans are worried about, i.e. inflation, COVID-19 restrictions, and crime.

In other words, they weren’t losing sleep over January 6th or Donald Trump having political rallies where people believe the 2020 election was stolen. Yet, Democrats have made the asinine decision to continue to lean into issues that people do not care about. While they and the press obsess over marginal rhetoric (that is in no way groundbreaking or dangerous at this point), normal people are obsessing over their bank accounts.

That represents a huge messaging gap for Democrats with the electorate. They simply aren’t “speaking the language” most Americans are speaking right now. That matters because the more people feel ignored, the more restless they get. For the mid-terms, that could mean severely depressed turnout for Democrats in an election they were already going to get shellacked before making such mistakes.

It gets worse, though. The left has also decided to lean into losing issues like promoting the sexualization of children. I’m sure it feels good to shout and scream on Twitter about Gov. Ron DeSantis, but polling shows that a majority of people support the Parental Rights in Education bill. Throw in the current energy problems, where Democrats refuse to do what it takes to increase domestic production and lower prices, and you end up with a platform going into November that alienates and angers most Americans.

A mid-term cliff is approaching, and Democrats are content to hit the gas. As a Republican, I’m certainly supportive of that, but as a political onlooker, I can’t help but notice how insane that strategy is. I can only chalk it up to hubris, and we all know what comes after pride.