"The truth shall set you free." But with ideological capture, the truth is irrelevant;

Douglas V. Gibbs , Bio and Archives--June 4, 2026

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As the California Primary reaches the end of day one (mail-in ballots may drag the process out for weeks), Karen Bass leads the field for mayor of Los Angeles. My wife asked how anyone could vote for her. Bass is an admitted communist, a failed mayor whose inept policies not only failed to make L.A. and better, but led to the destruction of over 6,000 homes in the Palisades Fire. The answer I gave her is "Ideological Capture."

Psychological phenomenon where fear and demonization of opposition overrides rational evaluation of policy outcomes or factual information

The problem is a mindless loyalty to leftist-Democrat policies despite the emergence of facts revealing the failure of the progressive commie left's agenda. Many voters are unwilling to hear anything to the contrary to what they have been pitched because they suffer from ideological capture.

Rob Schneider used the term, “ideological capture,” on the Sunday Briefing on FOX News May 31, 2026 while discussing the Los Angeles Mayoral Campaign. While Spencer Pratt was doing well enough in the polls to be considered an electoral threat, the two Democrats on the ballot were still outpacing him. Schneider explained it as a scheme that the political left uses to convince some people that their opposition is so evil it’s better to stick........

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