Jamelle Bouie pointed this out a while back, specifically as it applies to the pundits who always feel a need to hand it to the GOP and Trump. So much of the democratic party, and of liberalism in general, gives off such loser energy. bsky.app/profile/jame...
I have a lot of substantive disagreements with the Liberal Currents people...but at least they unabashedly promote and defend their positions, and do it without all of this handwringing over whether it hurts the feelings of some guys in Ford F-350's who love to say slurs.
bsky.app/profile/did:... You see the same spineless dynamic with this Hakeem Jeffries remark. And Jeffries may as well be the shining example of this kind of spineless servility.