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Loser leftists don’t change their minds — they just change the rules

Nypost · · 755 words · By Victor Davis Hanson
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Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google A set of shared issues and values binds the Democratic Party to the new Democratic Socialists in its midst.

Common ground

Certainly, the radicalism of the Democrats in the age of Trump derangement — marked by lawfare, de-balloting, the Mar-a-Lago raid, and calls to destroy the Electoral College and the nine-justice Supreme Court — helped give birth to the socialists.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 6 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence
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Straw Man 80% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “When the left lost the White House, Congress and, for the most part, the Supreme Court, it began clamoring to overhaul the system.”
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The evidence provided contains general information about the Democratic Party and the House of Representatives, but does not provide a specific timeline or set of events confirming a simultaneous loss of the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court that triggered a specific 'clamoring to overhaul the system'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Party is a liberal political party in the United States, sitting on the center to center-left of the political spectrum. Founded in 1828, it is the world's oldest active political party…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The House Democratic Caucus is a congressional caucus composed of all Democratic representatives in the United States House of Representatives, voting and non-voting, and is responsible for nominating…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Niggers in the White House" is a poem first published in American newspapers in 1901. It was written in reaction to a White House dinner hosted on October 16, 1901 by President Theodore Roosevelt, wh…
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Claim 2: “By 2021, it was time to destroy the southern border and welcome in some 10 million illegal immigrants”
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Sources provide conflicting numbers. One source (Pew Research Center via Issuu) states there were approximately 10.5 million unauthorized immigrants in total as of 2021. Another source claims 10 million entered specifically during the Biden-Harris administration, while a third source explicitly states that the claim of 10 million entering during the Biden term 'conflates several different government tallies'.
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Claim 3: “Rep. Ilhan Omar, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani or Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.”
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While Wikipedia confirms Ilhan Omar is a U.S. Representative, the claim that Zohran Mamdani is the Mayor of New York City is false (Eric Adams is the Mayor). There is no evidence provided confirming Abdul El-Sayed as a Michigan Senate candidate in the provided text, and the claim regarding Mamdani is a direct factual error.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a socialist political organization in the United States, and the largest such organization in US history, with more than 120,000 members as of July 2026. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. The district includes all of Minneapoli…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Laura Elizabeth Loomer (born May 21, 1993) is an American far-right political activist, conspiracy theorist, and internet personality. Born in Tucson, Arizona, Loomer has worked as an activist for sev…
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Claim 4: “Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness.”
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Multiple independent cross-references from the New York Post consistently state that Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victor Davis Hanson (born September 5, 1953) is an American classicist, military historian, and conservative political commentator. He has been a commentator on modern and ancient warfare and contempo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization is a 1995 book by Victor Davis Hanson, in which the author describes the underlying agriculturally centered laws, warfa…
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Claim 5: “The radical left’s key agendas — defunding the police, destroying the border, granting mass amnesties to illegal aliens, subsidizing wind and solar energy while waging a war on fossil fuels, expanding racial essentialism in hiring and admissions — have never won more than 30 to 40% support among the general public.”
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The specific claim regarding the 30-40% support threshold for this specific bundle of 'radical left agendas' appears only in a piece by Victor Davis Hanson. No independent polling data or other sources were provided to corroborate these specific percentages.
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