@UTEE97 Dude, let me help you out since you're new to the CR. I hope this doesn't come across as condescending or disrespectful, and I've never found you to be trollish but vaguely recall you having a general disinterest (perhaps disdain?) for discussing politics. I hope others will back off a little bit, because I've always found you to be sincere.
There's a long history in the Cloak Room of posters coming in here with complaints about how the Dems are ALWAYS AT FAULT EVERYTHING, even when those posters aren't trolling.
The Dems aren't doing enough to stop Trump.
Why aren't the Dems impeaching Trump over this shit (read that one today)?
Why do they keep pushing trans shit on us? They're pushing away the moderates.
If only the Dems would be more tolerant of sexists or homophobes or racists, they'd wind.
The Dems need to be more respectful.
Basically, Dems can never do anything right because they're held to a much higher standard than Republicans...on everything. There's an expectation of perfection and an enormous double standard.
I think you got a taste of the backlash when you first came in here last week(?) saying that Democrats had moved too far left in pushing the social agenda stuff when the actual Party (the organization and most of its candidates) often runs as fast as they can away from those issues except on the general grounds of "They're citizens, so they should get equal rights, standing, and protection under the law." We progressives/liberals/generic Democrats only talk about his stuff IN RESPONSE TO Republican/racist/conservative attacks, which then makes all that shit an issue. It's really tiresome and annoying to be blamed for trying to protect people from bullies.
Now, in this latest instance, you come in with a statement saying something to the effect of, "If the Dems can't take advantage of these tariffs and the economy, it's going to be their fault!" At least, that's how it's interpreted by people who've seen all the same blame game stuff.
Yes, the Democrats are generally terrible at marketing. I think one big reason for that is that explanations aren't generally pithy and can't fit on a bumper sticker (if you're explaining, you're losing). And, yeah, this is going to sound "elitist," but the GOP base is also full of a bunch of uneducated, prejudiced rubes and religious nut cases, too, so it's really hard for us to reason with them.
Plus, the Republican base can easily get distracted from any economic argument when The Party and its multitude of media megaphones find some bullshit culture war goose chase posed by some dangerous "threat" from a marginalized population: welfare queens, affirmative action, CRT, DEI, woke, BLM, trans, the gays, kids are using litterboxes in kindergarten, liberals are pedophiles, etc. In every single case, the GOP (conservatives in general, really, throughout history) finds some marginalized group to scapegoat and turn into an enemy. And, of course, progressives have a natural tendency to stand up for the little guy. It's in our DNA.
Do you see where I'm going with this? The two examples I've cited where you've come in and blamed the Democrats simply sounds more like all the same that we keep hearing. Anyway, all of this is to say that it's a real sore point that you keep picking at.
I'm not trying to censor you or even tell you to censor yourself -- just trying to be helpful and explain why you get such strong pushback on it. I hope this is helpful context and not just another long-winded dickish lecture that makes you hate liberals even more.