From the left: Wokeism Elected Trump
The “metropolitan wide near has been going down a peculiarly self-destructive way successful caller years,” thunders Nick Tyrone astatine Spiked; if those “liberals hadn’t done truthful galore things wrong, Trump astir surely would person lost.”
If the center-left wants to triumph again, “rejecting the extremes of trans ideology is vital” arsenic is seeing that “the full ‘toxic masculinity’ communicative has been a full disaster.”
The left’s communicative astir men “created a gaping abstraction for Trump that helium has happily driven into and parked the bus.”
Voters rejected “the thought that biologic enactment doesn’t exist, oregon that each young men should unopen up and cheque their privilege.”
If the wide near “want the Trumps of the satellite to halt winning” it needs to “stop making it casual for them.”
From the right: Don’s Vote-by-Male Triumph
“The demographic who voted the astir for Trump is men, including Latino men, achromatic men and men without a assemblage degree,” roared USA Today’s Nicole Russell.
“How did Trump bash it? He reached retired to working-class voters of each taste and radical groups by emphasizing however the system affects regular Americans.”
Going “on Joe Rogan’s podcast, which is particularly fashionable with young men, for 3 hours precocious successful the run was brilliant.”
Kamala Harris’ “Call Her Daddy” spot got 800,000 views, portion “Trump got much than 46 cardinal views connected Rogan’s show,” and “Vance got implicit 15 million.”
Trump and Vance’s message: “Men, you belong. Men, we admit you. Men who are masculine, kind, hardworking and family-oriented. You are indispensable and you are vital.”
And men “rewarded Trump and Vance with their votes.”
Lawfare beat: Running Scared astatine Justice
“A corporate consciousness of dread has taken clasp astatine the Department of Justice,” reports Politico’s Josh Gerstein: After Trump’s re-election, fears scope “from wide firings of ‘deep state’ lawyers to expelling peculiar counsel Jack Smith from the country.”
(Though it “can beryllium hard to cognize however overmuch of the anti-DOJ rhetoric is governmental bravado.”)
“Trump’s interaction whitethorn beryllium astir pronounced successful Justice’s National Security Division, which helium blames for the Russia-related woes of his archetypal term.”
In divisions doing “mundane, non-ideological ineligible work, Trump’s changes” volition apt beryllium “milder.”
But expect “staff to beryllium much challenged this clip around.”
“Trump present has the acquisition of his erstwhile 4 years wrestling with what helium derisively branded the ‘deep state.’ ”
Conservative: Obamas = 2024’s Biggest Losers
“No 1 has had much power connected the Democrat Party successful the past decennary than the Obamas” arsenic it “has been transformed into 1 dominated by” wide elites, argues The Federalist’s Helen Raleigh.
“The Biden-Harris medication was fundamentally President Obama’s 3rd term,” and replacing Biden with Harris arsenic the Democratic nominee “wouldn’t person occurred without Obama’s blessing.”
“After getting Biden retired of the way, the Obamas, with their unparalleled influence, identified Harris arsenic the torchbearer of their leftist legacy.”
“Harris was an uninspiring statesmanlike campaigner successful 2019 and accomplished small arsenic the vice president,” truthful “if not for the Obamas, Harris would ne'er person go the Democrat Party’s statesmanlike nominee. The biggest loser connected Tuesday wasn’t Harris but the Obamas.”
Historian: Dems Must Blame Themselves
“Nearly half” of Democrats are damning Joe Biden for “sticking astir excessively long,” marvels Victor Davis Hanson astatine American Greatness, though their ain “party grandees” facilitated that.
But they shouldn’t blasted Biden oregon Kamala Harris, oregon a deficiency of funds oregon “favorable media coverage.”
Nor regret that they didn’t “do everything imaginable to destroy” Trump — since they did.
Yet they’re blaming “everything but themselves,” erstwhile successful information their ain “radicalized” docket is astatine fault.
A week the election, they’re “still trapped successful La La Land,” vowing to “stop” Trump. But “from what exactly”?
Giving them “tainted national funds”? The near “won’t retrieve by blaming” voters oregon declaring warfare connected Trump earlier helium adjacent takes office. They request to admit “the fault” is successful themselves.
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board