It’s an anxious time to be a Democrat.

The party wants to move forward after its excruciating loss to President Trump but keeps getting dragged into the past over revelations about the deteriorating health of former President Biden.

It’s strongly united against Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” but is powerless to stop it in either chamber.

Party leaders are scrambling to attract more young voters, but the controversy surrounding David Hogg at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has threatened to undermine the effort.

And while Trump has been successful in rallying Republicans behind even his most controversial policies, Democrats are sniping over the liberal identity politics that helped Trump return to office — and has some presidential hopefuls bashing their own party as out of touch.

Rahm Emanuel, a former Illinois congress member who’s eyeing a run at the White House in 2028, recently told The Wall Street Journal that the Democratic brand is “toxic” in the eyes of too many voters, who see the party as “weak and woke.”

The internal tensions are creating enormous challenges for Democratic leaders, who stress the urgency of winning back the House next year to check Trump, but can’t shake divisions over how to confront the brazen president in ways that will resonate with voters to achieve that goal.

Much of the clash is generational, especially in the wake of Biden’s last-minute bump from the presidential ticket last........

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