WHY did we lose?

[LogDog75]

80. A different view

I think what happened was the result of a long-term operation by the republic party of continuously attacking everything Democrats say and do. It's a version of Death by a Thousand Cuts. They did it to Hillary Clinton for over 30 years to the point when she ran for president and it worked. In 2020, the public went for Biden because DonOld Trump was so bad in his response to the pandemic. Once Biden took office, the republic party, along with their misinformation department known as Fox News, continued their attacks blaming everything on him and the Democrats. Inflation caused by the pandemic as well as corporations raising prices blaming supply chain issues well after the pandemic ended and keeping prices high while shrinking the size of their products (greed-flation).
When people are continuously bombarded with the message from the republic party that everything is the Democrats fault they start believing it. It's part of the Big Lie where you don't tell a small lie but a big lie often enough people will believe it. Again, this is Death by a Thousand Cuts. Then, combine the Bit Lie with vague, jingoistic slogans giving people the idea DonOld Trump and the republic party have answers and they will be attracted to them. I think the following exchange in the movie An American President makes the point.

Lewis: People want leadership, Mr. President. And in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it, they'll crawl through the desert to a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.
Shepherd: (Beat) Lewis, we've had presidents who were beloved, who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand... because they don't know the difference.