{"id":2615195,"date":"2026-06-17T12:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-professor-goes-viral-by-admitting-the-hard-truth-trump-has-destroyed-their-dreams-and-the-democratic-party-too\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:59:24","slug":"leftist-professor-goes-viral-by-admitting-the-hard-truth-trump-has-destroyed-their-dreams-and-the-democratic-party-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-professor-goes-viral-by-admitting-the-hard-truth-trump-has-destroyed-their-dreams-and-the-democratic-party-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Professor Goes Viral by Admitting the Hard Truth &#8211; Trump Has Destroyed Their Dreams and the Democratic Party Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/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%2Fleftist-professor-goes-viral-by-admitting-the-hard-truth-trump-has-destroyed-their-dreams-and-the-democratic-party-too%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=2615195&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\/khymani-james-dumbassery-on-display-just-two-days-before-his-expulsion\/\" title=\"Khymani James displays foolish behavior shortly before being expelled\">provided content includes<\/a> a brief introduction highlighting disillusionment among some left-wing ideologues regarding thier strategies to oppose President Donald Trump. It features a quote from Dan Kervick, an assistant philosophy professor, expressing pessimism about the current state of global and domestic politics, criticizing the left\u2019s populist tactics and their alignment with Trump\u2019s approach. Kervick suggests that the left has adopted populist rhetoric, similar to Trump\u2019s, wich undermines their principles and leads to a reactive, rather then proactive, political stance.<\/p>\n<p>The article discusses populism as a political movement appealing broadly to ordinary people against the establishment and notes that many on the left are trying to emulate Trump\u2019s populist style-creating a \u201cleft-wing Trumpism.\u201d This shift is attributed to the influence of Trump Derangement Syndrome, which has pushed Democrats to adopt elementary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average ...n Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> tactics like memes and disparaging nicknames in an attempt to compete with Trump\u2019s rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>It further contrasts the Democratic Party\u2019s recent activities with traditional patriotic expressions, such as an event at the White house celebrating America\u2019s greatness, implying that leftists often try to demoralize the nation to push their agenda.The broader debate centers on American Exceptionalism: conservatives emphasizing the nation\u2019s greatness and uniqueness, while the left tends to downplay or dismiss this idea, viewing the country\u2019s current low state as a necessary starting point for change. the discussion portrays a deepening divide over national identity and political strategy amid a contentious midterm season.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Disillusionment seems to be setting in with some of the left\u2019s most hardened ideologues about the means by which they can combat President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Kervick currently works as an assistant professor of philosophy at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>A self-described \u201csocialist internationalist,\u201d Kervick posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social media platform<\/a> X on Sunday to give a synopsis of our nation\u2019s current state of affairs with consideration to issues he finds paramount.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve lost Venezuela. We might lose Cuba. The condition of Palestine is desperate. Global climate action is dead. Technofascists are running everything. The US \u2018left\u2019 is Magafied populist trash in possession of zero brain power.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019ve lost Venezuela. We might lose Cuba. The condition of Palestine is desperate. Global climate action is dead. Technofascists are running everything. The US \u201cleft\u201d is Magafied populist trash in possession of zero brain power.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Kervick (@DanMKervick) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanMKervick\/status\/2066341030190817686?\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Focus on the latter half of his statement. The left is \u201cMagafied\u201d and populist for Kervick.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not unwarranted five months away from critical midterms to see how far the president\u2019s agenda can go to look to his alternative bleakly.<\/p>\n<p>To break down his language, let\u2019s define our terms.<\/p>\n<p>Populism, roughly speaking, is a politics of broad appeal distinguishing itself from an establishment. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/populism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merriam-Webster<\/a> put it this way \u2014 \u201ca political philosophy or movement that represents or is claimed to represent the interests of ordinary people especially against the Establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, in defining the left as \u201cMagafied,\u201d Kervick obviously does not mean they\u2019ve embraced Trump\u2019s positions, but that they\u2019re trying to appropriate his populist tactics and rhetoric, having the Trump playbook as their own.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Democrats via X have tried memes, \u201cclapbacks,\u201d disparaging nicknames, and generally a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-school-district-instructs-teachers-to-avoid-informing-parents-if-their-child-shows-persistent-gender-confusion\/\" title=\"Colorado School District Instructs Teachers To Avoid Informing Parents If Their Child Shows \u2018Persistent\u2019 Gender Confusion\">elementary level<\/a> of engagement with the public through social media to go tit-for-tat with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>They are trying to create a sort of left-wing Trumpism.<\/p>\n<p>Trump Derangement Syndrome has sent this half of the political spectrum down a strange path, morphing it into the very thing it hates.<\/p>\n<p>They are everything Kervick says they are because they cannot carve their own path. A reactive politics for a national party has a short shelf life. Democrats must distinguish themselves not by what Trump is doing wrong, but by what they present once his presidency is in the rearview.<\/p>\n<p>A snapshot of the current administration\u2019s message and appeal came Sunday from the Ultimate Fighting Championship\u2019s Freedom 250 event at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The event was not inherently political. It was entertaining and celebratory.<\/p>\n<p>Did it have anything to do with the Democratic Party or Trump\u2019s opposition? Not at all. It stood on its own as a success.<\/p>\n<p>One X user posted a photo of the opening ceremonies, remarking, \u201cSomething you have to remember about the left is that their agenda relies on demoralization. Making our citizens feel bad about our nation is the only way they\u2019ll accept the leftist agenda. That\u2019s why things like last night, which put the greatness of America on full display, are so upsetting to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Something you have to remember about the left is that their agenda relies on demoralization.<\/p>\n<p>Making our citizens feel bad about our nation is the only way they\u2019ll accept the leftist agenda.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why things like last night, which put the greatness of America on full display,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9pqf2cgtR2\">pic.twitter.com\/9pqf2cgtR2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Theo Wold (@RealTheoWold) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealTheoWold\/status\/2066651503201288548?\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a noteworthy contrast in that the left and the right find themselves at odds over American Exceptionalism.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday provided this administration\u2019s view of why this country is special, and cheering fans seemed to agree.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-wokeifying-americas-military\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Wokeifying ...\u2019s Military\">left-wing politics<\/a> to be justified, America cannot be special, and it cannot be held on a pedestal.<\/p>\n<p>The country must be in such a lowly state that the potential for change is its only redeeming quality.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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