Democrats say Trump is an existential threat. They’re not acting like it.
Posted on AllSides July 2nd, 2024
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ANALYSIS
For a fractious coalition that at times seems to be held together with spit, baling wire, and old memories of Barack Obama, the Democratic Party has a remarkably singular message: Donald Trump is an existential threat to the country.
For the Biden campaign, the existential threat to democracy has become the overriding theme in his bid for reelection. “There is one existential threat: It’s Donald Trump,” Biden said at a fundraiser in February.
For the environmental activists in the party, climate change is the existential concern, and a Trump victory would be...