Poisoned Chalice -- or Poisoned Lips?

The Washington Examiner considers the scenario of the Democrats taking control of the House in the 2026 mid-terms, and concludes that it will likely be a repeat of the aftermath of their victory during Trump's first term:

After President Donald Trump's first impeachment in 2019, his approval numbers actually reached near the highest level of his first term, hitting 45% (Gallup) after beginning the year at just 37%. And remember what this impeachment was about: Trump suggesting to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the time that he should investigate the Biden family for possible corruption via influence peddling through Hunter Biden, who pocketed nearly $1 million from Ukrainian energy company Burisma despite having zero experience in the energy sector. Shell accounts were created that funneled millions to various Biden family members, including "the big guy," who Hunter's business partner, Tony Bobulinski, said was former President Joe Biden.

The Bidens were never charged, of course. But Trump's suggestion in 2019 doesn't look so unreasonable now, does it? [bold added]

The piece then reminds us of the lawfare against Trump which culminated in his felony conviction in New York on questionable grounds, ahead of speculating on the impeachment that will surely follow Democrat House control.

(That the piece ignores the fact that the Democrats had legitimate reasons to impeach and, later, to prosecute Trump does not damage its point: The Democrats are farcically incompetent. Indeed, such a realization should alarm the reader as there are already good reasons to impeach Trump and remove him from office. The second won't happen and the Democrats will botch the first anyway, if they somehow manage to pick the right reason to impeach him.)

And the piece goes on, covering something I recently got a whiff of, namely that the Democrats remain asleep to how woke they still are:

Democrats also appear to have a serious messaging problem. It's now to the point that consultants are actually advising members on how to communicate more relatably with young men.

...

"Known as 'SAM,' the study will specifically examine young male voters and how the party can connect with the demographic. Additionally, the study advised rolling out pro-Democrat ads in video games," Fox News wrote.

Well, that should do the trick, because nothing screams authenticity quite like programming human beings how to speak based on market-tested results.

And think about the words other consultants have advised that Democrats should use.

"Cisgender."

"Latinx."

"Intersectionality."

"Equity."

"White fragility."

Good Lord!

The Democrats could apparently do with some more time in the wilderness, although the bullishness of the author about Trump in no way persuades me they will get it.

Why worry about drinking the poison from a chalice when one's lips are already well-coated with it?

-- CAV