USA Today ⁠conservative political columnist Ingrid Jacques pounced on Rahm Emanuel's words⁠ last week, along with American mobility trends that shows that liberals & progressives (get this) move around the country. That people are fleeing "progressive states" in droves for red states (it's ⁠actually happening to some notable red states⁠, too) and somehow concludes - with all that's going on in the world under the regime of MAGA mayhem - that things look bad for Democrats in the longterm. Okay.

Emanuel, who may be prepping the runway for a presidential run, ⁠did an interview at GZERO World⁠ where he said "If they (Democrats) get caught in the cultural cul-de-sac again, running around, getting themselves wrapped around an ankle, the American people will make a judgment.”

It was ⁠in another interview where Emanuel said Democrats had "lost the plot" ⁠ on cultural issues.

Rahm served in the Obama White House so it stuns me he needs the history lesson or for this to be pointed out: The problem is, Democrats don't politicize "cultural" issues; they respond when Republicans do, and usually with a sort of timidity that doesn't ooze "strength."

Democrats fail to lead and sit meekly in the background while society pushes cultural issues forward, then want some credit for it. People read through that, too.