{"id":2585568,"date":"2026-03-31T08:50:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-hope-to-hide-anti-american-policies-behind-straight-white-christian-man-2028-nominee\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:54:01","slug":"dems-hope-to-hide-anti-american-policies-behind-straight-white-christian-man-2028-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-hope-to-hide-anti-american-policies-behind-straight-white-christian-man-2028-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Hope To Hide Policies Behind &#8216;Straight, White, Christian Man&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdems-hope-to-hide-anti-american-policies-behind-straight-white-christian-man-2028-nominee%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=2585568&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>A Federalist column by Eddie Scarry discusses an Axios report that some Democrats are privately weighing nominating a \u201cstraight, white, Christian man\u201d to win back the presidency in 2028, rather than shifting their policy platform. The piece argues that Democrats were crushed in 2024 partly because they refused to acknowledge that voters care more about policy results than identity, citing Kamala Harris as an example of how the party\u2019s approach backfired. It contends that the Democrats are not pursuing a real policy shift but instead hoping a nominee who fits a certain identity profile could appeal to voters. A quoted democrat strategist is cited as fearing that a woman on the ticket has lost twice, reinforcing the article\u2019s claim that gender alone isn\u2019t the issue. The author counters that the real problem is unpopular policies, not the candidate\u2019s identity, and asserts that simply masking those policies with a \u201cstraight, white, Christian man\u201d image won\u2019t change voters\u2019 views.The piece frames this as part of a broader critique of Democratic strategy and policy direction.  <\/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 class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z3_vwCLVRqc\" target=\"_blank\">Axios\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/31\/dems-hope-to-hide-anti-american-policies-behind-straight-white-christian-man-2028-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Dems%20Hope%20To%20Hide%20Anti-American%20Policies%20Behind%20%E2%80%98Straight,%20White,%20Christian%20Man%E2%80%99%202028%20Nominee&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/31\/dems-hope-to-hide-anti-american-policies-behind-straight-white-christian-man-2028-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Dems%20Hope%20To%20Hide%20Anti-American%20Policies%20Behind%20%E2%80%98Straight,%20White,%20Christian%20Man%E2%80%99%202028%20Nominee&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/31\/dems-hope-to-hide-anti-american-policies-behind-straight-white-christian-man-2028-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/31\/dems-hope-to-hide-anti-american-policies-behind-straight-white-christian-man-2028-nominee\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Dems%20Hope%20To%20Hide%20Anti-American%20Policies%20Behind%20%E2%80%98Straight,%20White,%20Christian%20Man%E2%80%99%202028%20Nominee&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/31\/dems-hope-to-hide-anti-american-policies-behind-straight-white-christian-man-2028-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>A hilarious article in Axios over the weekend re-upped one of my favorite self-perpetuating problems in the Democrat Party &mdash;&nbsp;the party&rsquo;s refusal to do anything <em>but<\/em> change its destructive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-voters-believe-transgender-athletes-should-play-on-teams-matching-birth-sex\/\" title=\"Poll: ... Believe Transgender Athletes Should Play on Teams Matching Birth Sex\">unpopular policy positions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some top Democrats,&rdquo; read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/29\/some-dems-2028-strategy-a-straight-white-christian-man?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axios2028&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece<\/a> by Holly Otterbein and Alex Thompson, &ldquo;are quietly debating a fraught question: whether the party&rsquo;s best bet for winning back the presidency in 2028 is to nominate a man &mdash; perhaps a straight, white, Christian man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1243320523\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democrats had their rears smacked and handed to them red hot in 2024, in large part because they wouldn&rsquo;t accept that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-medias-transformation-of-kamala-harris\/\" title=\"The Media&#039;s Transformation of ...\">voters aren&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t as preoccupied with race and sex as they are. It&rsquo;s how they permanently screwed themselves with Kamala Harris, first as vice president and then inevitably as the party&rsquo;s replacement nominee.<\/p>\n<p>To her credit, at least Kamala, with a herculean assist from the dying news media, pretended not to support all the things she and the rest of the party in fact did support up until the last second. Namely, importing every destitute foreigner who made it to the southern border, allowing crime to run rampant (so long as the perpetrators were of a particular demographic), and crushing the middle class by hooking as many people as possible on welfare.<\/p>\n<p>If Kamala hadn&rsquo;t had a record as, you know, vice president for the previous three-plus years, she might have had a shot. But a policy reversal isn&rsquo;t the lesson Democrats appear to have taken from that loss. Instead, they have settled on a new strategy that involves going on podcasts, publicly cursing a lot, and &mdash;&nbsp;wait for it &mdash;&nbsp;hunting down a nominee who might fit the profile of the very type of person the party has tried to destroy. The white, straight, Christian male.<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;re no longer considering a policy shift, it seems.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[F]alling short twice to&nbsp;President Trump&nbsp;&mdash; both times with women on the ticket &mdash; has left some Democratic leaders, donors and strategists deeply pessimistic about what voters will accept now,&rdquo; the Axios story said. It quoted one unnamed Democrat &ldquo;strategist&rdquo; who said, &ldquo;There is a fear &mdash; and I actually don&rsquo;t think this is just a grass-tops fear, I think you&rsquo;d hear it from voters, too &mdash; that a woman has now lost twice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>True, a woman has now lost twice. But to the extent that polls can be trusted (they usually can&rsquo;t), it&rsquo;s not that Democrats were running women. It&rsquo;s that they were running women with abhorrent policy preferences, which, it turns out, are the same policy preferences that the party&rsquo;s men have too. Even the allegedly straight, white, Christian ones!<\/p>\n<p>Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/floridas-puerto-rican-county-swings-dramatically-for-trump\/\" title=\"Florida&#039;s Puerto Rican County Swings Dramatically For Trump\">policies don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t work. Americans don&rsquo;t want them. Dressing them up under a &lsquo;straight, white, Christian man&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >skin suit isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t going to change anything.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR8XCMYC\">Traitors: The Democrat Party&rsquo;s Collapse into Anti-American Filth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@eScarry<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/eddiescarry\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2024\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2028\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2028<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/blm\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">BLM<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Gavin Newsom<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/racism\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">racism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are two paraphrase options:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 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