Miranda Devine: Dems seek a blue-collar MAGA man to win back Trump voters — but better look in the mirror
Democrats are seeking blue-collar, MAGA-style candidates to win back Trump voters, but the article criticizes their choices as inauthentic and ideologically inconsistent. Figures like Graham Platner and Hasan Piker are highlighted as controversial picks with problematic pasts. The piece argues that Democratic efforts to rebrand are failing due to hypocrisy and a disconnect from working-class voters.
- ▪Graham Platner, a Democratic Senate candidate from Maine, had a Nazi tattoo for 18 years before covering it up for his campaign.
- ▪Democrats are promoting Hasan Piker, a far-left streamer who has made offensive remarks about Jews and the October 7 attacks.
- ▪The Southern Poverty Law Center is accused in a federal indictment of paying neo-Nazi groups to incite division.
- ▪The Democratic Party's favorability ratings are at historic lows, even below those of Donald Trump.
- ▪An internal Democratic autopsy of their 2024 election losses was reportedly suppressed by party leadership.
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Miranda Devine Opinion Miranda Devine: Dems seek a blue-collar MAGA man to win back Trump voters — but better look in the mirror By Miranda Devine Published May 3, 2026, 10:23 p.m. ET Graham Planter showing off a skull and crossbones tattoo he got on his chest. @grahamformaine/Instagram Democrats have a Nazi problem. They’ve spent the last 10 years accusing Donald Trump of being the second coming of Hitler and melting down when Elon Musk or anyone else perceived as close to Trump made a hand gesture they pretended was a Nazi salute. It was all just a hilarious troll that fooled their more gullible acolytes. Now that Maine Gov.
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