When Democrats Tell You What They’ll Do, Believe Them

Brian C. Joondeph | November 2, 2026

Democrats are telling America what they intend to do if they return to power. All voters have to do is listen. And listen well. 

Much of their agenda appears driven by opposition to anything and everything proposed or implemented by President Donald Trump. It is a seemingly terminal case of the political affliction known as “Trump derangement syndrome,” or, more simply, “orange man bad.”

Whether it is the White House ballroom, renovations to the Kennedy Center, or efforts to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., opposition to Trump often seems more important than the merits of the proposals themselves. If Trump supports something, his opponents reflexively oppose it.

But these disputes are relatively inconsequential compared with what some prominent Democrats have been saying about the future of American government.

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On the policy front, prominent Democrats and left-wing activists have advocated Medicare-for-all government monopoly health care, blanket immigration amnesty, expanding the Supreme Court, statehood for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and abolishing the Electoral College. These measures would fundamentally transform America’s political institutions.

But something more ominous is growing and receiving little attention. It is not about monuments, buildings, or even government programs.

It is about political retaliation, government intimidation, and punishing Americans for their political beliefs and associations.

In other words, something out of George Orwell’s 1984.

Sen, Elissa Slotkin recently appeared on a podcast, warning about the potential consequences for young people considering jobs in the Trump administration.

She made crystal clear what she wanted prospective employees to believe:

I want them to be like, Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.

I want them to be like, Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.

Consider the implications. Young Americans considering public service should worry that working for an administration they support would create future problems for them.

Not because they committed crimes, violated their oaths, or engaged in misconduct, but because of the political administration they chose to associate with.

Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, subsequently doubled down:

Spare me the pearl-clutching — especially from Republican Members of Congress and online MAGA grifters who have cheered President Trump’s weaponization of the government against those he doesn’t like.

Spare........

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