Not sure about the title of this post. But I just really wish more Democrat voters would come to the realization that a lot of people didn't vote for Trump because they liked him. They voted for him because of how absolutely ineffective the Democratic party has been.
Zohran should really be a reality check for people. The people that voted for him were not politics Andy's like you and I. They voted for him because he had a clear message "free busses and rent freeze" is his "build the wall".
People are looking for real promises. The biggest difference is that a rent freeze and better public transit actually will improve their lives.
If you don't offer real improvements the masses will go for the guy with the xenophobic policy. A policy that promises to hurt "people not like me" and maybe then that will make my life better.
That's the reasoning. Simple as.
It's not because the masses love racism or rapists. It's because they are so desperate for a politician that will actually represent working class interest that the first idiot billionaire with charisma was a "why not" in 2016.
In 2024 it was a complete lack of the Democratic party to capitalize on that. There are people in America thirsting for the "change" that Obama promised. They just got wise. They realized that if it's called "change" or "abundance" it's the same stupid shit that maintains the interest of the rich.
They want simple promises of actual material improvement that a politician can be judged on. And Zohran will be. But he's brave enough to actually take a stand.
Edit: seriously, please don't fall for the same neoliberalism packaged as "abundance" this time.