{"id":2330837,"date":"2024-08-26T07:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T11:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-democrats-are-not-your-family\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T07:09:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T11:09:12","slug":"no-democrats-are-not-your-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-democrats-are-not-your-family\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Democrats Are Not Your Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-democrats-are-not-your-family%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2330837&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses the rhetoric employed by the Democratic Party, particularly at the DNC, highlighting Eva Longoria&#8217;s remarks about seeing &#8220;beyond the horizon&#8221; thanks \u2064to family support. Longoria emphasizes a sense of collective family among Americans, asserting that the success of\u2064 figures like Kamala Harris is tied to the success of the community. The article critiques this familial language as a strategic tool to connect with voters, especially those feeling abandoned, and points out\u2062 that Democrats often \u200cposition themselves as surrogate family figures. The\u200c narrative explores the implications of this tactic, linking it to emotional instability in contemporary society, particularly among \u2062single-parent families and those\u200d affected by divorce. It suggests that the appeal \u200bof this\u2063 rhetoric is particularly strong among women, reflecting desires for safety and belonging that \u2064governmental figures can seemingly fulfill. the piece criticizes this approach as\u2063 manipulative and\u200c indicative of a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detective-finds-toddler-alone-in-car-takes-one-look-into-the-distance-with-binoculars-and-knows-what-needs-to-happen\/\" title=\"Detective spots toddler in car, uses binoculars, instantly knows what to do.\">deeper societal issue<\/a> around familial relationships\u2062 and emotional dependency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On the last night of the DNC, Eva Longoria told the crowd that she and Kamala Harris were able to see &ldquo;beyond the horizon because our families supported our big dreams.&rdquo; According to Longoria, and almost all who toe the party line, &ldquo;As Americans, we&rsquo;re all a part of one big family. <em>Somos familia<\/em>. As familia, we have to have each other&rsquo;s back. We have to support each other&rsquo;s dreams because Kamala&rsquo;s success is our success.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This common &ldquo;family&rdquo; refrain of the Democrat Party is not an accident. It is a rhetorical device used to endear voters, particularly those who feel like they&rsquo;ve been abandoned or disappointed by their biological families &mdash; which is pretty much everyone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kamala is both &ldquo;Momala&rdquo; and your &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7UF9V2QtuRo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cool aunt<\/a>.&rdquo; Joe Biden, your &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/people\/status\/1357047347080011778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grandpop<\/a>.&rdquo; Tim Walz is your newly minted &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/07\/tim-walz-midwestern-dad-internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dad<\/a>.&rdquo; As Chad Felix Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chadfelixg\/status\/1821519744492515566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated on X<\/a>, &ldquo;The Democrats have this weird obsession with convincing people the government is their family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Language is the tool we use to communicate a story or control a narrative, as we often hear during an election cycle, and Democrats are masterful at it &mdash; especially with the help of the accomplice media. To those unable to perceive deception, the words coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/F6m7enEkY-Q?si=5TB86XihUIHqFcrD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drew Barrymore<\/a> or any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-becomes-first-city-to-see-5-per-gallon-at-the-pump\/\" title=\"San Francisco Becomes First City To See  Per Gallon At The Pump\">corporate media pundit<\/a> can sound uplifting and inclusive, but often the left&rsquo;s rhetoric is just manipulative plays on particularly women&rsquo;s insecurities and deep psychological wounds.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew Barrymore tells Kamala we need her to be \" mamala of the country calls her protector width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F6m7enEkY-Q?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Only a psychopath would allow a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wheres-joe-biden-gives-only-seven-formal-interviews-in-2022\/\" title=\"Where&#039;s Joe? Biden Gives Only Seven Formal Interviews In 2022\">daytime talk show host<\/a> to call her the &ldquo;momala of the country&rdquo; and indulge such a strange delusion. And only a culture brainwashed by some twisted version of feminism that has, as Barrymore claims, &ldquo;no ounce of &hellip; competitiveness,&rdquo; would applaud this. That culture is comprised of one of the largest, most crucial voting blocks for the Democrat Party: (mostly) single, (mostly) white women and all liberal ones.<\/p>\n<p>Arielle Fodor, who goes by the name &ldquo;Mrs. Frazzled&rdquo; on TikTok, a young woman even cringier than Barrymore, was introduced on the &ldquo;White Women Rally&rdquo; for Harris Zoom call as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2024\/07\/29\/tiktok_influencer_for_kamala_harris_use_the_privilege_you_have_to_push_for_systemic_change.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one who<\/a> would &ldquo;help gentle parent [the participants] through this election.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Women like Fodor and Barrymore may be childish and narcissistic to the point of parody, but they also have millions of women who follow them and look to them for guidance and, in their own words, &ldquo;parent&rdquo; them. Why?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Family is the natural order for human beings. It is human nature to associate family with feelings of safety, protection, love, and trust, whether someone comes from a stable, loving home or a broken, defective one. It is why children of alcoholics will often marry alcoholics. No matter how defective a parent may have been, a child often interprets even the most abusive behavior as normal or &ldquo;love,&rdquo; similar to the gaslighting we saw at the DNC last week.<\/p>\n<p>If a traumatic event or a divorce disrupts the family order, children may not feel emotionally supported at all, leaving them susceptible to language of inclusivity or belonging. According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2018, <em>24 million<\/em>, or one-third, of all children in the United States live with an unmarried parent. The divorce rate in the United States is approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/advisor\/legal\/divorce\/divorce-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">43 percent<\/a>. That&rsquo;s almost half this country&rsquo;s youth subjected to emotional instability. No matter how well parents navigate the complexities of divorce, it can be devastating to the emotional life of a young person. Don&rsquo;t get me started on <em>intentional<\/em> single parenting, usually undertaken by wealthy lefty women who can afford full-time nannies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mrs.frazzled\/video\/7334885004033445163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gentle parenting<\/a>,&rdquo; as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mrs.frazzled\/video\/7342678287660895531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fodor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mrs.frazzled\/video\/7369636477300493611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommends<\/a>, does not properly develop emotional maturity as evidenced by her behavior. Children need both strong boundaries and discipline as well as nurturing and compassion to grow into healthy, mentally stable adults. Generations of parents have overcorrected on both sides.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are just some of the reasons why some 22-, 35-, or even 60-year-old women &mdash; and men &mdash; still unconsciously just want their mommies and daddies. I wonder how many Democrat women &mdash; both married and unmarried &mdash; fall into one of these categories?<\/p>\n<p>It is why Democrats are so keen to use familial terms and why the tactic appeals to psychologically broken women and men. It allows the government to step into roles that were maybe imperfectly filled by parents. That&rsquo;s why Barack Obama employed the paternalistic &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/07\/endless-lockdowns-are-turning-america-into-obamas-life-of-julia-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Life of Julia<\/a>&rdquo; ad, wherein the fictional &ldquo;Julia&rdquo; would be taken care of by the government at each stage of her life.<\/p>\n<p>When I read Greene&rsquo;s X post, a light bulb went on.&nbsp;As a sensitive and emotional young girl, I felt like the black sheep in my highly disciplined and structured family. I did all the things I was supposed to do. I succeeded in academics, excelled in sports, and joined the right social structures, but I never felt understood or like I really fit in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And yes, I was a child of a divorce.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I moved to Los Angeles, I found people who seemed to understand my sensitivities. My so-called &ldquo;healers&rdquo; told me my ability to easily empathize with others was a &ldquo;gift&rdquo; rather than a liability. Because of this, I was not only unique but special. This allowed me to indulge and justify my emotional outbursts, which were plentiful. Much of my immature behavior continued long after I should have grown out of it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It also allowed me to be easily manipulated as I grasped onto any movement that would make me feel better about myself and allow me to proclaim my virtue. <em>Look at me. I&rsquo;m a good person.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This landed me squarely in a yoga cult that made me feel like I had finally found a home. After almost two decades of being far removed from my biological family, thoughts of them, along with many childhood memories, had been conveniently erased. Despite perfunctory annual visits, I had all but written them off as inferior spiritual beings. My guru took the place of my father, and my fellow yogis were my brothers and sisters. This was my &ldquo;chosen family,&rdquo; a trope often used in left-wing circles.<\/p>\n<p>This is the same ideology that fuels comments like President Biden&rsquo;s from a press conference a couple of years ago. When discussing education policies, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6305341828112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, &ldquo;They&rsquo;re all our children. &hellip; They&rsquo;re not somebody&rsquo;s else&rsquo;s children, they&rsquo;re like yours [teachers&rsquo;] when they&rsquo;re in the classroom.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have such a stronghold on these women and men because it&rsquo;s not about politics. It&rsquo;s about emotional attachment. It&rsquo;s why Republicans will never be able to sway them with arguments about economic policy or immigration or Title IX reforms. You can&rsquo;t solve a psychological or spiritual problem with a political solution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jennifer Galardi spent decades as a health and wellness expert and writes about health, culture, and policy. She is a health reporter for The Epoch Times and founder and director of <a> Center for Healthy America. <\/a>   Her work has also been published in The New York Sun, The Blaze, and The American Spectator, along with countless health outlets. Follow her on X at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennGalardi\">@JennGalardi<\/a>   or visit her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jennifergalardi.com\/\">website. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the final evening of the DNC, Eva Longoria addressed the audience, stating that she and Kamala Harris could envision a brighter future thanks to their families&#8217; encouragement of their aspirations. Longoria emphasized that as Americans, we are all part of one large family\u2014&#8221;Somos familia.&#8221; She urged that as family members, we must support each other&#8217;s dreams because Kamala&#8217;s achievements reflect our collective success. This recurring theme of &#8220;family&#8221; within the Democratic Party is intentional; it serves as a rhetorical strategy aimed at resonating with voters who may feel neglected or let down by their own families\u2014a sentiment shared by many.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala is portrayed as both a nurturing figure and a trendy aunt, while Joe Biden takes on the role of &#8220;grandpop,&#8221; and Tim Walz is likened to a new father figure. As Chad Felix Greene noted on X, there seems to be an unusual fixation among Democrats in convincing people that government can serve as their family.<\/p>\n<p>Language plays a crucial role in shaping narratives during election seasons, and Democrats excel at this\u2014often aided by sympathetic media outlets. For those who struggle to recognize manipulation, messages from celebrities like Drew Barrymore or mainstream media commentators may seem uplifting and inclusive; however, much of the left&#8217;s rhetoric often exploits women&#8217;s insecurities and emotional vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>It would take someone quite detached to accept being called &#8220;Momala&#8221; by a daytime talk show host without question. Only those influenced by an altered perception of feminism\u2014which Barrymore claims lacks competitiveness\u2014would celebrate such notions. This demographic includes one of the Democratic Party&#8217;s key voting blocs: predominantly single white women who lean liberal.<\/p>\n<p>Arielle Fodor, known on TikTok as \u201cMrs. Frazzled,\u201d was introduced during a Zoom call for Harris supporters as someone who would guide participants through this election with \u201cgentle parenting.\u201d While figures like Fodor and Barrymore might come off as immature or self-absorbed caricatures, they command large followings among women seeking guidance\u2014or parental figures\u2014in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Family represents an inherent aspect of human existence; it evokes feelings of safety, love, trust\u2014even for those from dysfunctional backgrounds. Children raised in unstable environments often normalize abusive behaviors due to familial ties; similarly manipulated language can resonate deeply with them during times when they lack emotional support following events like divorce\u2014a situation affecting about one-third (24 million) children in America today according to Pew Research Center data from 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The concept known as \u201cgentle parenting,\u201d which Fodor advocates for does not adequately foster emotional maturity\u2014as her own behavior suggests\u2014since children require both discipline alongside compassion for healthy development into adulthood. Generations have swung between extremes regarding parenting styles leading some adults\u2014regardless if they&#8217;re 22 or 60\u2014to still subconsciously seek parental validation.<\/p>\n<p>This need explains why Democrats frequently employ familial language\u2014it appeals particularly to individuals grappling with psychological issues stemming from childhood experiences where parental roles were inadequately fulfilled. Barack Obama\u2019s paternalistic \u201cLife of Julia\u201d ad exemplifies this approach: portraying how government supports individuals throughout life stages akin to familial care.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on Greene\u2019s post brought clarity about my own past experiences growing up feeling out-of-place despite meeting societal expectations academically and socially\u2014all while navigating my parents\u2019 divorce which left me emotionally vulnerable later seeking acceptance elsewhere after moving away from home into communities I thought understood me better than my biological family did over time erasing memories associated with them along my journey towards finding belonging within alternative social circles including yoga communities I became involved in believing I had discovered my true \u2018chosen family.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This ideology mirrors sentiments expressed by President Biden when he remarked about education policies stating: \u201cThey\u2019re all our children\u2026 They\u2019re not somebody else\u2019s children; they\u2019re yours [teachers] when they\u2019re in class.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Democrats maintain significant influence over these emotionally attached individuals because it transcends mere political discourse\u2014it taps into deeper psychological connections making traditional arguments around economic policy ineffective against such profound needs rooted within personal identity struggles rather than political solutions alone addressing these complex issues effectively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3009,"featured_media":2330838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/President-Biden-and-VP-Kamala-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3685,3881,5894,36971],"class_list":["post-2330837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-democrats","tag-family","tag-politics","tag-social-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/President-Biden-and-VP-Kamala-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}