{"id":2604005,"date":"2026-05-18T13:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-have-completely-normalized-their-threats-to-democracy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:19:46","slug":"democrats-have-completely-normalized-their-threats-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-have-completely-normalized-their-threats-to-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Have Completely Normalized Their Threats To Democracy"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdemocrats-have-completely-normalized-their-threats-to-democracy%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=2604005&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economist-rejects-uighur-genocide-determination\/\" title=\"\u2018Economist... Rejects Uighur Genocide Determination\">article argues<\/a> that Democrats criticize Republicans for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jordan-calls-out-democrat-u-s-election-hypocrisy\/\" title=\"Rep. Jordan calls out Democrat U.S. ... hypocrisy\">questioning election results<\/a> while, the author claims, Democrats are willing to change laws and institutional rules when they don\u2019t get the outcome they want. It cites a New York Times interview with Senate candidate Graham Platner, who suggests using rule changes and new forms of power in times of crisis to overcome opposition, and it references California Gov.Gavin Newsom discussing a \u201cbreak-the-glass\u201d approach-using government agencies and measures to protect Democrats\u2019 interests if Republicans win an expected election. The author concludes that, despite claims of defending democracy, these actions reflect a willingness to abandon democratic norms when their political position is threatened, and that similar tactics could be used against them in the future.  <\/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=qBrQqd5vLBU\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press\/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\/05\/18\/democrats-have-completely-normalized-their-threats-to-democracy\/\" 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=Democrats Have Completely Normalized Their Threats To Democracy&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/18\/democrats-have-completely-normalized-their-threats-to-democracy\/\" 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=Democrats Have Completely Normalized Their Threats To Democracy&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/18\/democrats-have-completely-normalized-their-threats-to-democracy\/\" 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:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/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\/05\/18\/democrats-have-completely-normalized-their-threats-to-democracy\/\" 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=Democrats Have Completely Normalized Their Threats To Democracy&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/18\/democrats-have-completely-normalized-their-threats-to-democracy\/\" 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 &#038; 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>Republicans, take note: While it\u2019s supposedly a major party foul to question the results of an election (at least when Republicans do it), it\u2019s apparently just fine to undo the results when they don\u2019t go your way. That should be really useful information going forward.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of prominent Democrats made those rules very clear in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-breaking-news-in-georgia-132000-ballots-in-fulton-county-georgia-have-been-identified-which-are-likely-ineligible\/\" title=\"HUGE BREAKING NEWS IN GEORGIA - 132,000 Ballots in Fulton County, Georgia Have Been Identified Which Are Likely Ineligible\">recent days<\/a>, and, whaddayaknow, there wasn\u2019t a peep out of our great democracy defenders in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >dying news media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1990481490\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/16\/magazine\/graham-platner-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saturday<\/a> with The New York Times, the Democrats\u2019 latest effort to look like they don\u2019t hate straight white men \u2014 Senate candidate Graham Platner \u2014 said when his party\u2019s grip on power is threatened, Democrats should simply eliminate the opposition by changing the established rules and laws as they currently exist. \u201cWhen you look at American history,\u201d he said, when you look at moments in which the nation was in crisis and when large programs were necessary, when things needed to be protected or when new things needed to be built, it wasn\u2019t enough to simply stay within the norms of the institutions as they had been built recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said it\u2019s necessary for Democrats \u201cto create new forms of power,\u201d which is another way of saying \u201cforce everyone to do what we want even when we lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is why they talk about impeaching judges, packing the Supreme Court, and otherwise fixing elections, all so that even when they lose, they have it their way. Heads, you lose. Tails, they win.<\/p>\n<p>Just a couple days prior in California, Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is all but certain to run for president, helpfully <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eScarry\/status\/2056042970252448051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weighed in<\/a> on how his party should respond if the coming election to choose his successor results in a Republican win. \u201cWe all have agencies,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can shape the future. \u2026 I don\u2019t anticipate this need to be the case, but there is a break-the-glass scenario. \u2026 And there\u2019s many people that have a deep understanding of what it would look like if Democrats were locked out, and we\u2019re gonna do everything to make sure that doesn\u2019t happen. I\u2019ll leave it at that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if a Democrat fails to win the governorship under the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-red-states-can-hold-zuckbucks-group-legally-accountable\/\" title=\"How Red States Can Hold &#039;Zuckbucks&#039; Group Legally Accountable\">existing election rules<\/a>, the party will attempt to ensure a Democrat is seated as governor anyway. Democracy in action!<\/p>\n<p>They claim they\u2019re protecting democracy, but they\u2019re always willing to abandon it. But, as they find out over and over again, this is a two-way street. Whatever abuse they hope to inflict on their political opponents can just as surely be done back to them.<\/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\u2019s 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>            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