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Julian Epstein, the former chief counsel to the Democratic House Judiciary Committee, blasted the Democrat party during a recent appearance on FOX News, saying that the party has become a \u2018cult\u2019 that \u2018worships weird progressive idols.\u2019<\/p>\n

Epstein was reacting to the DNC summer meeting, which opened with a \u2018land acknowledgement\u2019<\/a> that claimed Minneapolis is built on stolen land.<\/p>\n

Like many others, Epstein also noted the party\u2019s horrible poll numbers and their seeming inability to craft any message that appeals to a majority of the American people.<\/p>\n

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Discussing the DNC\u2019s Summer Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Epstein said, \u201cI think what I was watching yesterday looked more like a Star Trek convention. This is a party that has almost no self-awareness. The approval numbers, two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the party. Their fundraising numbers, the voter registration numbers are all dropping through the floor as the party associates itself with things like gender sterilization for minors, open borders, high crime. <\/p>\n

The party is almost becoming like a cult that worships these weird progressive idols. As and then sort of the only thing they have to offer is these insults, like Tim Walsh body shaming the president, you know, Tim Walz going around body shaming to me is like the Taliban criticizing someone for religious intolerance.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThis is a party that just stands for negativity and for aligning itself on issues that are far to the left of the median voter and not, as Carolyn, I think, points out, putting forward any ideas that any of the voters, certainly in the middle, can relate to in any way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This video is cued to start at the 4:30 mark, so just press play:<\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s impossible to disagree with Epstein\u2019s analysis. Democrats have not seemed to learn anything from the 2024 election.<\/p>\n

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