Chris Cillizza Warns Dems’ ‘Loathing’ Of Trump Is Dooming Their Chances Of Regaining ‘Power’

Former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza warned Wednesday that Democrats’ intense hatred for President Donald Trump is crippling their odds of reclaiming government control.

Republicans secured unified control of the federal government in November, with Trump reclaiming the White House, the GOP flipping the Senate and maintaining their House majority. Cillizza, on “On Balance,” argued that Democrats’ hostility toward Trump is leading them to adopt disastrous political strategies.

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“They just have a blind spot with Trump. No idea he proposes can even be a good idea,” Cillizza said. “Again, if it was proposed by James P. Public, Republican president, they’d be like, ‘Okay, well, maybe.’ But because it is him, and because the loathing is so — I use that word advisedly — but they hate him, every idea is a bad idea.”

“And I just think it leads to some poor strategic conclusions if your goal is — as Democrats’ goal should be — getting some power back, because they’re out of power at every single level at the state and federal government,” he continued.