The Literal ‘Skeletons’ in the Democrat Party’s Closet, by Victor Davis Hanson

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Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. The Democrats are in a quandary. The old guard of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi are very worried about this young group of more radical, Jacobin, younger people who want to shut down the government.

That was the impetus behind the shutdown: “Do not cooperate whatsoever with President Donald Trump. And then, take the House and the Senate.”

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The problem that these people have is they are not in the mainstream of American politics. And so, they have said things in their past before they were candidates—sometimes during—that are incompatible with the majority of Americans’ views on what denotes proper behavior and conduct of a politician or an official.

For example, Graham Platner in Maine, who wants to be the Democratic nominee for the Maine Senate and run against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, has said some really atrocious things. He’s castigated black people. He says that, stereotypically, they don’t tip. He said that white rural people are racist. ….

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