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How Dems Are Already Stepping On Rakes After Their Midterm Win

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Shapiro, B. (2026, November 12). How Dems Are Already Stepping On Rakes After Their Midterm Win. The Daily Wire. https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-dems-are-already-stepping-on-rakes-after-their-midterm-win

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The Daily Wire · collected 2026-11-12 · by Ben Shapiro

Quick Summary

This opinion piece argues that the Democratic Party is rapidly shifting toward radical left-wing policies following the midterm elections. The author claims that Bernie Sanders is exerting pressure on the party to move further left, specifically highlighting the support for Senator Chris Van Hollen as a means to influence the party's direction. The text asserts that radical agendas regarding trans politics and the impeachment of Supreme Court justices will return with a vengeance, ultimately leading to an economic downturn.
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Claims extracted
52
sentences that state something as happening or true
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1 of 52 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Ben Shapiro
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Topics

American Democrats House Senate the Democratic Party

Subjects

Chris Van Hollen PERSON · 3× Democrats NORP · 3× Hakeem Jeffries PERSON · 3× American NORP · 2× GOP ORG · 2× House ORG · 2× Senate ORG · 2× the Democratic Party ORG · 2× Russia GPE · 1× Soviet NORP · 1×

Narrative

Over the past two years, he has emerged as an increasingly strident critic of the Democratic party establishment and its approach to President Donald Trump, as well as its positions on populist economic policies” — wait for it — “the U.S. relationship with Israel — and members of the party’s left flank have noticed.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-13
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2026-11-13 · The Daily Wire
How Dems Are Already Stepping On Rakes After Their Midterm Win · assertive framing

Claims (52 extracted, 1 hedged)

The GOP is feeling pretty lousy about things after the midterms. asserted
GOP → feel → midterms
But I have been saying, and do believe, there is optimism on the way: Democrats are going to jump on the rake. asserted
Democrats → say → rake
It will happen. asserted
It → happen → ?
You’re not going to have to wait long. asserted
You → go → ?
We’re not on the verge of Soviet Russia, but we certainly are on the verge of something quite bad. asserted
we → ’re → something
Democrats are already going radical. asserted
Democrats → go → ?
They will not be able to stop themselves. asserted
They → stop → themselves
It’s Bernie Sanders’ party now. asserted
It → ’ → ?
He supports the benighted dullard Chris Van Hollen, senator from Maryland, as the new Senate Majority Leader. asserted
He → support → Leader
You may remember Chris Van Hollen from such films as “I’m Going Down to El Salvador To Pose With A Domestic Abuser.” uncertain
I → remember → Abuser
The idea isn’t that Chris Van Hollen will win; it’s that Bernie can exert pressure. asserted
Bernie → win → pressure
That’s the whole purpose: to exert pressure on the Democratic Party and move it even further to the Left. asserted
That → ’ → Left
Politico writes: “Many have looked at the Senate and found their guy: a 67-year-old father of three from an affluent Washington suburb who has held public office continuously since 1991. … asserted
who → write → 1991
Over the past two years, he has emerged as an increasingly strident critic of the Democratic party establishment and its approach to President Donald Trump, as well as its positions on populist economic policies” — wait for it — “the U.S. relationship with Israel — and members of the party’s left flank have noticed. asserted
members → emerge → flank
They will not stop with their radicalism. asserted
They → stop → radicalism
All of their radicalism is coming back — and with a vengeance. asserted
All → come → vengeance
We’re going to get the dumbest form of our politics, and it will lead to an economic downturn. asserted
it → go → downturn
Remember Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), an actual man who cosplays as a woman? asserted
who → remember → woman
He said, “Anti-trans politics was a flop this election. asserted
politics → say → ?
The American people are tired of a politics of cruelty that does nothing to lower costs or address corruption.” asserted
that → do → corruption
All of the trans radicalism will come back. asserted
All → come → radicalism
They’re lying about it, saying, “We’re not going to do culture war.” asserted
We → lie → war
It will all come back with a vengeance. asserted
It → come → vengeance
Hasan Piker is trying to pull Hakeem Jeffries his way. asserted
Piker → try → Jeffries
The goal isn’t to supplant Hakeem Jeffries, but to pressure the new Speaker of the House to move to the Left. asserted
goal → supplant → Left
There’s no replacement candidate for Hakeem Jeffries that isn’t black. asserted
that → ’ → Jeffries
They cannot choose to undermine the first black Speaker of the House with someone else. asserted
They → choose → someone
They’re not going to be able to stop themselves. asserted
They → go → themselves
AOC is out there already saying that Democrats are not going to just try to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth or President Trump, but also target Supreme Court justices on the basis of… nothing. asserted
Democrats → say → nothing
“All options are on the table to impeach members of the Supreme Court,” she boasted. asserted
she → impeach → Court
They won’t be able to stop themselves. asserted
They → stop → themselves
All the issues that you thought were dead and buried are coming right back. asserted
you → think → ?
John Kerry — who still haunts our politics like a ghoul long beyond his sell-by date — is at the U.N. saying that what the midterms proved is that we need to do climate change again. asserted
we → haunt → change
There is an attempt to shut down AI data centers on the basis of a bunch of scare tactics about the environment that aren’t true, on the basis that they’re generating diesel, or that we need to build a trampoline park. asserted
we → be → park
This sort of stuff, unfortunately, has a wide populist appeal. asserted
sort → have → appeal
Josh Hawley, GOP senator from Missouri, is now attempting to push a moratorium on data centers across the country. asserted
Hawley → attempt → country
This is a bad way to go. asserted
This → go → ?
If someone is standing in front of an empty parking lot telling you that, to stop diesel production, we must not build this data center, and instead we must, must, must have a local trampoline park, don’t fall for it, America. asserted
we → stand → it
Meanwhile, Hegseth, who’s been under fire and survived an impeachment attempt by Thomas Massie, went to Arlington National Cemetery and visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. asserted
who → survive → Soldier
He was accused of making too much noise while they were taking pictures outside the Tomb. asserted
they → accuse → Tomb
…and 12 more, not listed.
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