Convenient shorthand for a huge number of issues. OK then, how about convincing them to support:

- impeachment and prosecution for high level corruption (e.g. the Presidential cryptocurrency)

- prosecution of constitution-violating police and Federal paramilitaries, e.g. in Minnesota?

- leaving LGBT people alone legislatively (at this point I'm not going to ask for improvements, just that the situation not be made worse)

> impeachment and prosecution for high level corruption (e.g. the Presidential cryptocurrency)

IS that illegal or just tasteless?

> prosecution of constitution-violating police and Federal paramilitaries, e.g. in Minnesota?

You kind of forget that the only reason things got this far is because of DECADES of inaction on illegal immigration. A little bit of admission that there is a major problem with illegal immigration on the part of Democrats and Democratic mayors and governors actually making attempts to remedy the situation would have gone a long way to convincing people that the problem is at least being taken seriously. When you start issuing drivers licenses to people you KNOW aren't here legally for example, you're basically saying "yeah we know, and we're not going to do anything about it." That frustrates people, and they don't want to hear "oh you're just a delusional racist", they want to see politicians not make it as convenient as possible for people to live here illegally with these "don't ask, don't tell" policies.

> leaving LGBT people alone legislatively (at this point I'm not going to ask for improvements, just that the situation not be made worse)

Again, you forget that this backlash didn't happen in a bubble. Remember when the pitch was "let what people do in the privacy of their bedrooms be their own business" and "let us marry"? Well they got that and proceeded to ram the "T" stuff down everyone's throats. You can disagree with this all you want, but a significant portion of the population find stuff like this[0] repulsive. And just imagine if back in 2008 during the gay marriage vote in California someone on Fox News claimed that [0] would be appointed by the president for a DOE position or that people would start referring to themselves with "xe/xir" pronouns. You'd have called it ridiculous right wing fear mongering! And yet here we are. That sort of clown world stuff, along with gun grabbing, is undeniably part of the Democrat brand, and the people they're trying to "reach out" to are repulsed by it.

It really is simple, Democrats should focus on the economic stuff and shed the bizarre identity politics stuff if they want to make inroads.

0: https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/conte...