Under fire since Election Day for lacking a message that can stall President Donald Trump’s agenda, Democratic leaders have apparently blundered anew by seizing on the case of deported alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
While Washington Democrats have agreed that the best way to bruise the president is to assail his immigration policies as too harsh and sloppily implemented, the party’s base is standing with Trump and his mass deportations of criminal illegal immigrants.
The view of Democratic base voters on border policies shared with Secrets is the real story for why the party is in the dumps as it tries to whip up opposition to Trump’s deportations.
Among Democratic voters, 69% believe it is important to deport criminal illegal immigrants. With Hispanics, it is 77%, and for black voters, 71%. Add in liberals, at 62%, and younger voters, at 70%, and it’s pretty clear that the pro-immigration message embraced by Democratic leaders parading to Abrego Garcia’s jail in El Salvador isn’t working.
Notably, the attacks on Trump by Democrats and liberal protesters haven’t hurt the president’s approval ratings much.
