Dems In Disarray

NEW: Biden is pursuing a sweeping effort to reshape transgender rights in America, which in turn has sparked a conservative backlash and fed into Republicans’ efforts to portray Democrats as extreme on social issues. Latest w/@MariannaReports @schmidtsam7: https://t.co/LK8lv30M7m

— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 4, 2021

It's good but are we seriously doing another round of "Democratic swing seat candidates, who unanimously said they didn't want to 'defund the police,' should have said they didn't want to 'defund the police'" https://t.co/REzssQdVUW

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 3, 2021

Because no other narrative is allowed?

Joe Biden: "I want to drown the police in money."

My Fox-watching relatives: "They're gonna replace the police with transgender athlete potatoes."

— CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella) March 3, 2021

Because this is what they're up against:

Folks, read the newsletter... the lead story yesterday was about Trump following the conservative movement’s lead on “boys in girls sports” etc https://t.co/yCYcJQPtds https://t.co/nksUkyqn8M

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 3, 2021

wild how the right-wing echo chamber has made this into a multi-day panic when *it never actually happened* https://t.co/uOqndlrE4S

— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) March 3, 2021

In red and purple states Democrats ran very moderate and sometimes conservative Senate candidates -- McGrath, Bullock, Cunningham -- who didn't appeal to "cultural values of urban college graduates" & often lost anyways. Am I the only one who remembers this or am I nuts? https://t.co/iapADqF9Ze

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) March 3, 2021

Rusty's Diner has always been kid-friendly, from the tater tots to the "Children's Room" on the side Once the room echoed with the cries of toddlers playing Mister Potato Head and clutching worn copies of Dr. Seuss, but now it is quiet -- another casualty of the culture wars.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) March 3, 2021

Because, you know, “narrative.”

OTOH, while this is burning up FoxNews and NewsMax and OANN (I presume; I don't keep up with any of them), it doesn't seem to be setting the Senate on fire.  Most of the obstacles to Dems passing laws right now seems to be Joe Manchin, not the "cunning" of Mitch McConnell.  Wasn't he supposed to be a super-genius Senate Rules dark wizard?  Whatever happened to that narrative?  I'm hearing more from Cruz and Hawley, and they aren't exactly in leadership roles.