Monday, March 18, 2024

The Morning Briefing: Biden and His MSM Lapdogs Hit New Lows With Trump's Bloodless Bloodbath

BY STEPHEN KRUISER | P J MEDIA

AP Photo/Charles Krupa

We're not even through the first quarter of this election year but the Democrats and their flying monkeys in the mainstream media have managed to make it feel like a decade or so. By the time November gets here, we may all be somewhere on the other side of numb. 

Or in the throes of cirrhosis of the liver. 

I emerged from my weekend news hiatus to find one of the bigger out-of-context Trump-related hullabaloos we've ever seen. Because the MSM hacks are veracity averse — especially where Donald Trump is concerned — there have been a lot of those. 

Rick wrote about this one

Trump was railing against auto imports, promising a “100% tariff” on cars made outside the US.

 “We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected,” Trump said. “Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it.”

Is Trump really saying if he isn't elected, there will be a "bloodbath"? Joe Biden thinks so. His campaign released a statement claiming Trump wants – you guessed it – "another January 6.”

Context is really overrated when there's a false narrative to be created. 

Biden obviously can't run on his record, so his handlers have him belching up "January 6" as often as possible. No doubt it's a big hit with the low-info MSNBC crowd. The Dems think that their false insurrection fetish is going to be the shiny object that distracts Jack and Marge Onthefence in flyover country from the fact that they just paid too much for groceries and gas. That's why Biden led off his State of the Union Adderall tantrum with J6 stuff.

It's not going to work as well as they think. The people who are all-in on the J6 myth are already voting for Biden. I hope that they keep this nonissue front and center until the election. 

I have written on many occasions that Democrats behave as if none of us have internet. This particular bit of fiction is easily disproved by watching the few seconds of what Trump actually said. Over at RedState, my colleague Nick Arama details how the hoax developed so quickly.

The leftmedia Dem propagandists know that they have to create a lot of fake spin to help drag Biden across the finish line, and they have no worries about how tall the tales might end up being. They've used their untruthfulness about the "bloodbath" comment to play the idea that Trump and his supporters are just itching for some violence. 

The reality is that, if there is going to be any post-election violence, it's going to come from the Left. Disgruntled Republicans don't burn and loot things, despite the fact that the Biden FBI thinks they're (we're) all a red-flagged powder keg. 

Once again, the Dems and their media buddies are projecting. 

Trump's shoot-from-the-lip extemporaneous speaking style provides the MSM types with a lot of fodder for spinning fantastical narratives. I happen to think that's a feature, not a bug. Let them keep heading off to the Land of Make Believe for the next eight months. Preaching to the commie choir isn't going to get them anywhere.

Trump and Republican candidates don't have to resort to lying to make their points about Biden and the Democrats. They merely have to talk about the southern border and the economy. 

Over and over.

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Biden's Weird Trip to Saginaw

BY KAREN TOWNSEND | HotAir.com

AP Photo/Evan Vucci

President Biden campaigned in Saginaw, Michigan this week. The optics were bad. 

It is difficult to understand exactly what the Biden campaign's strategy is as he tries to convince voters that he should be re-elected in November. The campaign is concentrating on swing states, as is expected, but when Saginaw, Michigan was chosen, people rightly asked why. 

It turns out that Saginaw County is a swing county in a swing state. Voters in Saginaw County voted for Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and then Joe Biden. Will they stay with Biden this time around? 

Why would anyone vote for Joe Biden after seeing him on the campaign trail? The visit to Saginaw provided a close-up of how the old man is handled to get through even a casual event. 

Biden held a campaign event on the porch of a 131-year-old Victorian mansion owned by Saginaw City Councilman Bill Ostash and Saginaw Public Schools Board of Education member Kevin Rooker. It was raining but the gay pride flag was flying for the photo ops. 

Biden delivered a pep talk to about 50 supporters and campaign volunteers. Most of the press were out in the rain in the yard. 

How does this kind of event move the needle in the presidential election? It was held with 50 people who are voting for Biden. It didn't reach out to undecided voters or independent voters, the ones that need to be moved to his side in a swing county. 

Biden told a story he frequently tells but has been debunked. Yet, he persists.

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RNC Research @RNCResearch

This was at least the 11th time Biden has told a variation of the same fake story.

He has told it to firefighters in Philadelphia, D.C., and online, wildfire victims in California, Colorado, Hawaii, and New Mexico, hurricane victims in Florida (twice), and in New Hampshire.

Biden, campaigning in Michigan, claims his fire department once "saved my wife, saved my cat, and saved my Corvette" in a housefire.

That's a debunked lie. According to a 2004 AP report, it was "a small fire...contained to the kitchen" that "was under control in 20 minutes."

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As usual, when it came time for Biden to take questions, the press were yelled at by staff and hustled off. 

Biden was met at the airport by Congressman Dan Kildee and Saginaw Mayor Brenda Freeland. 

Where was Governor Gretchen Whitmer? She has a good relationship with Biden. She was considered when Biden was looking for a vice presidential choice. She was making beer.

Ok. 

In another campaign stop, a dazed and confused Biden was helped by handlers who led him into a building. 

It's almost enough to garner sympathy. Instead, it makes me angry. This is the president and he can't get himself through a door without help. He's too confused to know where he is or what he's doing. 

Voters in Saginaw County have picked the winning presidential candidate since 2008. 

Biden is losing support in all demographics but most noticeably, he's losing black voters. The trip to Saginaw was one of outreach to the black community. Saginaw's population has shrunk in recent years but it remains a hub for black residents. 45% of local residents are black while the statewide percentage of black residents is 14%. 

So far, Biden's re-election campaign is not doing what it needs to do. Trump's winning.

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Tom Bevan @TomBevanRCP

If the election were held today, based on the current RCP Poll Averages in battleground states this would be the Electoral College map:


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The most disturbing part of Biden's campaign appearances is the fact that his handlers don't let him answer questions. Think about that. His handlers start yelling at the press to leave as soon as Biden asks if he can take questions. He asks the handlers. Why is the leader of the free world asking anyone for permission to take questions? Who is in charge? 

We know that answer. Biden cannot answer questions when the questions are not screened in advance. The videos of the press being removed only bring the point home that Biden has to be protected from them. 

Biden is not up to doing his job now. How can he be expected to do this job for another four years? Democrats don't care. It's all about holding on to power and they think this man who is suffering from dementia is their best shot against Trump. Let that sink in. 

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WATCH: Biden Wanders Aimlessly in Rain, Karen Handlers Shoo Away Press

BY BEN BARTEE | P J MEDIA


AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Today in “this is how Democracy™ works, Jack, no joke, you dog-faced pony soldier,” we have the virile president of the United States getting lost in the rain, rescued, and then shielded from public views by his frumpy, childless handlers (the press they are paid to control are surrogate children to them).

Via BizPac Review (emphasis added):

The lengths to which President Joe Biden’s handlers will go to protect him from scrutiny before the election was laid bare in a shocking video clip that’s blowing up on social media.

Team Biden has made the call that the mentally decaying 81-year-old can’t be allowed to function in a non-controlled setting where there’s a chance that he could go off script, potentially making the killer gaffe that could cost him a second term.

On Thursday, the plan was seen in action when the geriatric Democrat was set to field questions at an event in Michigan when a trio of white liberal women rushed in to shoo off reporters in what was described by one social media user as an “incredible scene.”

During his visit to Saginaw, the president dropped by the 131-year-old mansion owned by the Saginaw City Council and Saginaw Public Schools Board of Education members where he schmoozed with voters on the building’s porch.

In the video, Biden is heard asking “Can I take a couple questions?” and a woman wearing a Biden-Harris campaign jacket also says “We’re going to take a few questions,” at which point the protective harpies intervened to chase away reporters. It was a stunning – and very revealing – scene.

Below is the video depicting, doing their best North Korean minder impression, the anonymous gaggle of Karens who apparently run the government, or at least the alleged president, swoop in to save the day with a chorus of high-pitched, passive-aggressive “thank-yous” and “back to the cars” as they shoo the cameras away.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO.

At what appears to be the same event, here the Brandon entity is bewildered in the rain before dutiful supporters come to his aid and guide him inside, but not before a deadly door almost takes him out of commission.

News followers will note this is by no means a freak occurrence. Biden is routinely censored by his own staff to avoid embarrassing gaffes.

"Am I allowed to take any questions? Anybody here?" the Brandon entity asks seemingly nobody, standing and looking confused before the feed gets cut to the event.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Polls Show Trump Can Win 2024 Election Without WI, PA, or AZ

By Sarah Arnold | Townhall.com

AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Former President Trump is on the road back to the White House as all polls point to his 2024 victory. 

According to a CNN electoral map, Trump can win the 2024 presidential election without securing enough votes for Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Arizona. 

Candidates need 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election. The map indicated that Trump would secure 272 votes, while President Joe Biden only secure 225. 

Despite CNN, a far-Left news outlet, undermining Trump’s ability to win the election, the outlet cannot deny that Biden is nowhere near having enough support to serve another four years in the White House. 

A recent Fox News poll found that Trump (49 percent) leads Biden (47 percent) by two percentage points in Pennsylvania. 

Meanwhile, in Arizona, Trump holds a four-point advantage over Biden with 49 percent compared to the president’s 45 percent. 

Both of these states carry a lot of weight in the presidential elections. In 2020, Biden won Pennsylvania and Arizona, while Trump won them in 2016. However, the last time Biden time had a lead in Arizona was in April 2023— more than eleven polls ago. 

Trump also takes the lead in other polls, including Democrat-led states.

According to a Quinnipiac University Michigan Poll, Trump received 41 percent support among registered voters, while Biden received only 36 percent support. 

In a hypothetical head-to-head matchup, 48 percent of voters support Trump, while Biden received 45 percent support. Eight percent indicated they are undecided. Even with Independent candidates in the race, 46 percent of voters from this group said they would back Trump come November and 42 percent saying they would vote for Biden. 

Nationally, Trump is edging Biden out by 1.4 percentage points, according to the Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s polling average. 

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The Path to Victory for Trump

By Josh Hammer | Townhall.com


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Following this week's primaries, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both attained enough delegates to be their respective parties' presidential nominees this fall. Barring some sort of unforeseen event -- a debilitating hospitalization, an ultra-expedited criminal prosecution, or a convention floor revolt -- we will thus get a rematch of the 2020 presidential election.

For the many Americans who are neither Trump enthusiasts nor card-carrying Democratic partisans, this choice at the ballot box may be less than fully enticing. But for those patriots who still love this country, warts and all, and in spite of our ruinous current trajectory and decadence, Trump must secure a second presidential term. It really is that simple.

You may admire Trump's willingness to challenge conventional orthodoxies and his instinctual nationalism; or maybe you think he is an unprincipled politician and an obnoxious boor, to boot. Perhaps you believe a weaponized prosecutorial apparatus are now persecuting Trump; or you might have deep qualms about voting for someone found guilty of a crime by a jury of his peers.

But whatever it is you think about the polarizing 45th president of the United States, it doesn't really matter. The reality is the Democratic Party in its fetid current form is wholly unfit to govern the local assisted living facility -- to say nothing of the greatest country in the world. And whoever once said American elections don't present a binary choice is a moron; that is precisely what they do.

Patriots of all stripes must therefore band together to get Trump across the finish line this November. Trump can certainly make that task easier (or harder) based on how he runs his campaign this year. Here is what he should do.

Since Trump is the first former president to run for a non-consecutive additional term since Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, his campaign is somewhat anomalous. Most challengers to an incumbent president seeking reelection can only talk about what they will do once they are in office and how that agenda differs from the incumbent's record. But Trump already served a full term; he has a record. What's more, that term was just a few years ago; most voters remember it well.

The key to Trump's reelection this fall, then, is to make the straightforward case that his term was demonstrably better for the median American citizen than Biden's term has been.

On the economy, Biden has presided over the worst inflation in four decades, declining real wages, a formal recession, and a historic supply chain crisis. Trump, by contrast, oversaw a generally flourishing pre-COVID economy: The stock market soared, inflation was generally subdued, America became a net exporter of oil and natural gas for the first time, and the Black unemployment rate even reached the lowest it has been since that statistic was first measured.

On the border, Biden has presided over the worst crisis in American history: Endless streams of unknown illegal aliens have flooded over, leading to a massive strain on municipalities' resources, skyrocketing violent crime, depressed wages for working-class Americans, and the mass importation of terrorism-implicating "special interest aliens." Trump, by contrast, may not have finished construction of the border wall, but illegal immigration was orders of magnitude lower than it is today due in no small part to the prudent measures he implemented, such as Remain in Mexico.

On the world stage, Vladimir Putin did not march into Ukraine under Trump (indeed, it is curious that Putin invaded Crimea during the Obama presidency in 2014 and then waited patiently until the next Democratic president to invade again). Under Trump, Hamas did not infiltrate Israel and kill the most Jews in a single day since the defeat of Nazi Germany. Iran was on the brink of economic catastrophe by the end of Trump's term due to his administration's "maximum pressure" campaign; under Biden, the Islamic Republic has been "maximally emboldened" to sow the seeds of jihad all over the Middle East. For all the talk of Trump's "chaos," there was not a single major war abroad during his presidency.


The 2024 presidential campaign is going to get ugly. Democrats have barely commenced the advertising onslaught that is to come, wherein they will depict Trump as a Mafia-like thug and shamelessly compare Jan. 6, 2021, to 9/11. Trump's best chance this fall is to ignore the noise and prove, contrary to the smear campaigns, that he is the superior candidate in terms of competence, stability, and sanity. He has the record to prove it.

Friday, March 15, 2024

BREAKING: Nathan Wade Withdraws as Special Prosecutor in Trump's Georgia Case, Fani Remains

By Jennifer Van Laar | RedState.com

Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP

Hours after Judge Scott McAfee ruled that the only way Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could continue her prosecution of Donald Trump was if Special Prosecutor/Willis' boyfriend Nathan Wade wasn't involved, Wade tendered his resignation to his lover.

From the AP:

Wade offered his resignation in a letter to Willis, saying he was doing so “in the interest of democracy, in dedication to the American public and to move this case forward as quickly as possible.”

Willis accepted Wade’s resignation, effective immediately. She complimented his “professionalism and dignity,” saying he has “endured threats against you and your family, as well as unjustified attacks in the media and in court on your reputation as a lawyer.”

Sorry, Fani, the attacks are entirely justified.

Again, from AP (and if they're covering it this way, that's a significant blow to Willis' credibility in the mainstream media):

McAfee did not find that Willis’ relationship with Wade amounted to a conflict of interest that should disqualify her from the case. However, he said, the allegations created an “appearance of impropriety” that infected the prosecution team.

The judge also criticized Willis for a “tremendous” lapse of judgment and questioned the truthfulness of Willis and Wade’s testimony about the timing of their relationship.


In the wake of Friday's ruling, Trump's legal team has already promised to "use all legal options available as we continue to fight to end this case, which should never have been brought in the first place."

Fani Willis Judge: Sure, There Was Lying, Conflict, 'Odor of Mendacity,' but Hey, It Could be Worse

BY VICTORIA TAFT | P J MEDIA

AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool

By now you've heard that Fani Willis has not been booted from what's left of the RICO election case against President Trump and more than a dozen other defendants. If you haven't then you'll want to read Chris's excellent piece about it. While PJ Media will report the fall out and next moves, there's more to this 23 page decision than the conclusion. That's what I'll be covering in this piece.

The judge in the case delivered a split-the-baby decision telling the Fulton County, Ga., (Atlanta) District Attorney that she could fire her own office from the case or dump her very special prosecutor from litigating the case against Trump et. al. By the time you're reading this she may have made a decision, but that's not what we need to highlight here.

Judge Scott McAfee, who stands for reelection in mere weeks, was right to have stopped everything to hear arguments on motions to dismiss and others because Fani Willis was having an affair with the arguably unqualified special prosecutor, her boyfriend, Nathan Wade. The defendants alleged she derived some financial benefit from the arrangement and spoke out in public about her prejudices against the defendants to taint the jury pool and by all appearances suborned perjury, but no biggie. 

On the way there was clearly suborned perjury, tales of lavish vacations, sudden spates of bad memories, lying to the court, no receipts for money swapping with Wade, and bizarre behavior by the imperious Willis. Doesn't everyone keep $10,000 in cash in their homes and recompense lovers in cash without any proof? Of course they do, by Fani's lights. 

The judge said that "In total, Defendants point to an aggregate documented benefit of, at most, approximately $12,000 to $15,000 in the District Attorney’s favor" but decided that wasn't such a big deal because "these expenditures were not meant as gifts and not designed to benefit the District Attorney. Both testified that the District Attorney regularly reimbursed Wade in cash." We should totally take their word for it. Wow.

There was evidence of overnights together when they said they were not dating and then lied about it on the witness stand which I mentioned in the inelegantly, but accurately titled, "Fani's Booty Calls."

According to a cellphone investigator for Donald Trump's lawyers, there were 2,000 voice phone calls and 12,000 text messages in 2021, the year they claimed they weren't dating. Fani's former friend, at whose home she was staying, testified last week that the two were romantically entangled starting in 2019. If either of these testimonies is true, then Fani and Nathan Wade have been caught lying in court. There's a word for that: perjury. In the old days before wokeism that was disqualifying.

The late-night trysts are especially telling. A "heat map" was established using CellHawk analysis to geofence both Willis's and Wade's addresses. It showed late-night travel to Willis's place and then Wade leaving at Oh-Dark-30 in the morning. In 2021. When they claim not to be dating. 

But in his ruling, Judge McAfee said this evidence wasn't enough to establish actual conflict of interest. "Unlike an actual conflict, the finding of an appearance of impropriety does not automatically demand disqualification," he wrote in his decision. Indeed, that's the goal post that McAfee decided to move instead of the ethical standard used by the legal profession, the appearance of conflict.

"Canon 6 of the American Bar Association's old Canons of Professional Ethics 2 provided in part: It is unprofessional to represent conflicting interests, except by express consent of all concerned given after a full disclosure of the facts," wrote the University of Washington Law School Professor Robert H. Aronson back in 1977. 

He wrote, "the appearance of impropriety can be just as damaging as actual impropriety to public respect for the law and clients' belief in their attorney's loyalty, attorneys must ensure that their conduct does not reasonably appear to have been influenced by conflicting interests." 

Professor Robert H. Aronson died in 2021, but we're pretty sure he would have been concerned about Fani and her booty calls. 

Conflict isn't a cut-and-dried thing, and the judge ruled that "Defendants failed to meet their burden of proving that the District Attorney acquired an actual conflict of interest in this case through her personal relationship and recurring travels with her lead prosecutor." 

Put another way, the judge said there wasn't enough evidence of booty calls, trysts, lying on the stand, and other egregious behavior to form actual conflict of interest. Apparently, there was lots of smoke, maybe a few flames, but, in the end, there was no actual O.J. video of the conflagration, so no proof. He didn't say the part about the O.J. video, but that seemed to be the standard of proof required by the jury in the O.J. Simpson case, so I used that term. It seems to apply to the judge here. 

It's illegal, unethical, and against the rules of the court for a lawyer to put on witnesses whom they know will lie. The Fulton County DA's office was fully complicit in this, obviously. Indeed there was some evidence to more than suggest that Willis herself had suborned perjury from Wade's bestie, legal partner, and divorce lawyer. But the judge punted the question of perjury.

McAfee said, "[A]n odor of mendacity remains. The Court is not under an obligation to ferret out every instance of potential dishonesty from each witness or defendant ever presented in open   court. Such an expectation would mean an end to the efficient disposition of criminal and civil proceedings.”

The judge ruled that Fani's "church speech" when she appeared at a church service after the news of her conflict of interest in the case — selecting her boyfriend as special prosecutor when the personal injury attorney wasn't qualified — and claimed "they" were going after her because of her color, rode right up to the line of impropriety. Indeed, McAfee said this was "legally improper. Providing this type of public comment creates dangerous waters for the District Attorney to wade further into," but he wouldn't sanction her for her apparent attempt to taint the jury pool because the trial was too far away. Oh, we see.

The judge noted that “[t]he administration of the law should be free from all temptation and suspicion, so far as human agency is capable of accomplishing that object," a standard Fani flunked.

Finally, how does a DA who has so deeply compromised and shown herself to be unworthy of her office get the call on who is fired from the case? 

The judge had an "answer" to that too. Trump's legal chances weren't hurt by her treachery, he reasoned. "There has not been a showing that the Defendants’ due process rights have been violated or that the issues involved prejudiced the Defendants in any way," he wrote in a gobsmacking claim. He went on. "Nor is disqualification of a constitutional officer necessary when a less drastic and sufficiently remedial option is available."

Trump will likely appeal the ruling. And on and on the anti-Trump lawfare goes.

BREAKING: Judge Rules in Fani Willis Disqualification Case, Uproar Begins

By Bonchie | RedState.com

Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP

Judge Scott McAfee has delivered his ruling on whether to disqualify Fani Willis from her own prosecution of Donald Trump in Fulton County, GA. According to the judge, Willis will be able to remain on the case but with a catch: For the troubled district attorney to stay in her position, she must fire Nathan Wade.

Wade is the prosecutor she had an affair with and hired above market rate. He and Willis infamously took lavish vacations together, which he put on his business credit card. No proof was ever produced that reimbursements were made.

The uproar over what some are calling a "cowardly decision" has already begun, though it is a blow to Willis that things even got this far.

Despite some proclamations by hopeful people on the right, the idea that these proceedings would lead to the case being dismissed was never realistic. That wasn't an outcome on the table, and had Willis been removed, the case would have continued. Her staying as the face of the prosecution after taking this blow is probably the best-case scenario for the Trump defense. Had Willis been booted, it would have been embarrassing for her, but it would have possibly allowed someone more qualified to take over.

Unfortunately for Trump, this case isn't going away. Willis has been dirtied a bit, but eventually, the former president's defense will have to convince a jury these charges are a farce. The big question is whether the judge allows this to go to trial before the election, and if he doesn't, does it matter given it's a state case? 

This is uncharted territory, and things could get very chaotic if Trump wins in November but a provably corrupt state prosecutor continues to try to throw him in jail.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Confirmed: Minority Voters Shifting to GOP in Large Numbers

BY RICK MORAN | PJ MEDIA

AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Financial Times columnist and chief data reporter John Burn-Murdoch has been crunching the numbers on the 2024 vote and has reached some startling conclusions.

We've known for years that the black and Hispanic vote has been trending more Republican. But as the Democrats' share of the white vote shrinks and the GOP minority support increases, Democrats find themselves in dire straits.

Burn-Murdoch also points out that "identity politics" is losing its electoral potency, further eroding and narrowing the Democrats' path to victory.

Financial Times:

Last week, a New York Times poll showed President Joe Biden leading Donald Trump by just 56 points to 44 among non-white Americans, a group he won by almost 50 points when the two men last fought it out for the White House in 2020. As things stand, the Democrats are going backwards faster with voters of colour than any other demographic.

The election of 1960 saw the last racial realignment in America. Black people had been loyal Republican voters since Reconstruction. This is not surprising considering that the Democrats were the party of the Klu Klux Klan. 

But when Martin Luther King was jailed in late October 1960 for supporting some young civil rights advocates in Georgia, John F. Kennedy saw political opportunity where Nixon feared consequences. JFK called King's wife Coretta to express his support and tell her she was thinking of her and her family.

That simple act galvanized the black community, and for the first time, a Democrat won a majority of the black vote.

Today, the racial realignment has destroyed the Democrats' dream of a permanent Democratic majority in Washington. 

Why is this happening? Minorities have not suddenly fallen in love with Republicans. But, as with all things in American politics, time is the great equalizer.

Part of this is due to fading memories and weakening ties. Black Americans who lived through the civil rights era still support the party at very high levels, but younger generations are wavering. There’s also the weakening correlation between income and voter choice in US politics. The image of the GOP as the party of wealthy country club elites is dimming, opening the door to working- and middle-class voters of all ethnicities.

More ominous for the Democrats is a less widely understood dynamic: many of America’s non-white voters have long held much more conservative views than their voting patterns would suggest. The migration we’re seeing today is not so much natural Democrats becoming disillusioned but natural Republicans realizing they’ve been voting for the wrong party.

 In a way, black and Hispanic voting trends match those of immigrants who, by the third generation, have lost all fealty to the political party of their parents. For minorities, the touchstones of their struggling past are either a distant memory or never lived by younger generations. They have, to varying degrees, embraced the American dream.

With more affluence comes a recognition to elect people who will protect what they've achieved. There is also a strong element of religious faith that undergirds many minority communities and Democrats aren't even bothering to give lip service to people of faith anymore.

In hindsight, the realignment appeared inevitable. Where it goes from here is anyone's guess.