Identity Politics Among Democrat Presidential Candidates

The name of the game in today’s Democrat party is identity politics. Instead of treating people as individuals, the left now engages in what Tucker Carlson refers to as group-think. Most of the major candidates among the Democrats have gone out of their way to sow division. Identity politics have become synonymous with Democrat politics.

President Trump is a president for all Americans.

Kirsten Gillibrand, formerly a rather conservative Democrat, is now consumed with identity politics. Gillibrand also vowed not to run for president and sure enough, that’s what she’s doing. Instead of trying to unite, she declared in a tweet, “Our future is female, intersectional, powered by our belief in one another, and we’re just getting started.” In other words, she is dividing Americans by gender, race, and other factors. She seems to believe it is not about who is most qualified, but who checks off the right boxes.



Another candidate running for President on the identity politics wing is Kamala Harris. She declared regarding identity politics, “These issues they’re trying to diminish and demean are the very issues that will define our identity as Americans.” Harris also made sure to go on a radio show (The Breakfast Club) telling them she listened to hip hop music and smoked marijuana. This was pandering and is what has been going on in the Democratic party. She voiced support for reparations as well. This is a radical and anti-American idea.

Reparations

Finally, Julian Castro is also running for President. According to CNBC, Castro claimed, “If under the constitution we compensate people because we take their property, why wouldn’t you compensate people who actually were property.” Let’s be clear; he is deliberately dividing Americans and pandering. Reparations are counter-productive and impractical. They are also racist. Reparations are punishing people based on the color of their skin. This would do more to further divide America.



Losing Formula

The Democrat full-on embrace of the division politics by race and gender will turn off many moderate voters. Yet again, the Democrats are ignoring the working class in the heart of the country while pandering to identity politics. This is a losing formula. President Trump is a president for all Americans. This Leftward drift of the Democrat party may ensure victory for President Trump in 2020 and allow President Trump to Keep America Great.

