Democrats keep shoving their foot in their mouths. The Party is going under.
And now a U.S. Senate Democrat has said the most idiotic thing ever on live TV.
U.S. Senator Coons’ Condescension Proves They Don’t Get America
In a jaw-dropping moment of elitist disdain, Delaware Senator Chris Coons slithered onto CNN on Monday to trash President Donald Trump’s visionary plan to acquire Greenland from Denmark. Coons didn’t just disagree with the idea—he sneered that the “average middle American” is too thick-headed to even spot Greenland on a map. This isn’t just a misstep; it’s a glaring neon sign that Coons and his Democrat cronies are utterly detached from the people they claim to represent. While Trump pursues a bold strategy to secure America’s future, Coons is busy clutching his pearls and looking down his nose at everyone else.
Trump’s proposal to bring Greenland into the U.S. fold is a calculated move to strengthen national security and tap into the island’s resources. He’s been crystal clear about its importance, telling NBC’s Kristen Welker on Saturday there’s a “good possibility” the deal could happen peacefully—though he’s wisely kept all options open. Last December, he took to Truth Social to declare acquiring Greenland an “absolute necessity” for America’s safety and global freedom. With the U.S. already operating Pittufik Space Base there—complete with a radar station tracking ballistic missiles—this isn’t some pie-in-the-sky fantasy. It’s a practical step to counter Russia and China’s creeping influence in the Arctic.
But leave it to Coons to miss the forest for the trees. “[Trump’s] threatening a NATO ally with military action. It’s insane, it’s unmoored. And we could spend all of our time huffing and puffing about how ridiculous it is, but look, your average Trump voter is laughing at us and saying ‘he’s owning the libs,’ and your average middle American says ‘why are you wasting your time worrying about Greenland, I can’t even find it on a map,’” he whined. What a gem. Coons doesn’t just fumble the policy—he insults Americans, painting them as bumbling fools while he preens as the enlightened one. Newsflash, Senator: People aren’t begging for your smug geography quiz—they’re tired of Democrats acting like they’re the only ones who understand the world.
Greenland’s leadership isn’t exactly rolling out the welcome mat either. Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen shot back on Sunday, vowing the U.S. won’t take control anytime soon. Danish officials and Greenland locals have piled on, fuming at the idea of being a pawn in Trump’s plan. Meanwhile, Vice President J.D. Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance paid a visit to the island on Friday, with Vance pointing out Denmark’s failure to keep Russia and China at bay. He insisted the U.S. could do it better. Denmark’s foreign minister, clearly rattled by the Vances’ arrival, grumbled that they’re “very much open to discussing” a bigger U.S. military presence—but don’t hold your breath for a handover. Even Vladimir Putin chimed in on Friday, saying he’s taking Trump’s Greenland push “seriously,” proving the stakes are real.
Coons, though? He’s too busy pontificating to notice. His condescending rant isn’t just a one-off—it’s a symptom of a deeper Democrat disease: an unshakable belief that Americans need their sanctimonious hand-holding. They don’t get that people are sick of being talked down to by self-righteous politicians who think they’ve got all the answers. Coons’ snide jab about map skills isn’t clever—it’s a slap in the face to folks who care more about jobs, safety, and feeding their families than deciphering his elitist drivel.
This is par for the course with Democrats. Look at how they’ve bungled issue after issue, alienating the very people they claim to champion. Take their climate change obsession—pushing grandiose carbon taxes and electric car mandates while folks in flyover country watch gas prices soar and wonder how they’ll get to work. Senator Bernie Sanders once lectured a town hall that “we have got to be bold” on climate, ignoring the single mom in the audience who can’t afford a $50,000 Tesla. Then there’s the gun control crusade—Coons’ colleague, Senator Dianne Feinstein, famously snapped at a constituent, “I’ve been doing this for 20 years, I know what I’m doing,” while rural families see firearms as protection, not a debate club topic.
Or how about the culture war nonsense? Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rambled on X about “decolonizing” Thanksgiving, while most Americans just wanted to carve a turkey without a side of guilt. And don’t forget the COVID lockdowns—Governor Gavin Newsom dined maskless at a fancy French restaurant while Californians were told to skip family gatherings. Time and again, Democrats like Coons drip with contempt, assuming everyone else is too dim to see their brilliance. They’re not leading—they’re scolding, and Americans have had enough of the sermonizing. Coons can keep clutching his map, but he’s the one who’s lost.
Democrats in Freefall: Party Favorability Plummets to Historic Lows Amid Internal Chaos
The Democratic Party is spiraling into a crisis of confidence, with its favorability among Americans crashing to a record low, according to a fresh CNN poll conducted by SSRS from March 6-9, 2025. The numbers paint a grim picture: just 29% of the public views the party positively, a jaw-dropping 20-point tumble since January 2021, when Donald Trump left office amid the fallout of the January 6 Capitol riot. This marks the lowest point in CNN’s polling history stretching back to 1992, and the wounds seem largely self-inflicted, driven by growing frustration from the party’s own disillusioned base.
Inside the Democratic ranks, dissatisfaction is festering. Only 63% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents now hold a favorable opinion of their own party—a slide from 72% in January and a steep drop from 81% when President Joe Biden took office in 2021. This erosion cuts across the party’s ideological spectrum, with liberals and moderates each reporting an 18-point decline in favorability since Biden’s inauguration. Meanwhile, a slim 52% to 48% majority of Democratic-aligned adults say the party’s leadership is steering them down the wrong path—a stark reversal from eight years ago, when optimism dominated.
The party’s faithful are sending a clear message: it’s time to fight. A striking 57% of Democrats and their aligned independents say, compared to 42%, that the party should focus on thwarting the Republican agenda rather than seeking compromise with the GOP majority to slip some Democratic ideas into law. This appetite for confrontation is a dramatic pivot from the early days of Trump’s first term. Back in September 2017, 74% of Democrats and leaners urged cooperation with Republicans to push their priorities, while only 23% wanted a bare-knuckle brawl. Today, the mood has flipped.
That shift in tone comes with a bitter twist of irony. Just days after the poll wrapped, 10 Democratic senators—including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer—sided with Republicans to advance a GOP-drafted spending bill to dodge a government shutdown. The move infuriated many fellow Democrats and progressive voices, who saw it as a betrayal of the base’s call for resistance. The episode only deepened the sense that party leaders are out of touch with their own supporters.
The public’s view of the Democrats has soured beyond just the party faithful. Half of Americans now see the party’s views and policies as too extreme, a sharp departure from 2022, when 56% deemed them mainstream. Among political independents, a key voting bloc, the damage is even clearer: only 19% view the Democrats favorably, and 48% label them too extreme. Within the party, 16% of Democrats admit their own side has veered too far, a rare crack of self-awareness in a fracturing coalition.
Leadership—or the lack of it—lies at the heart of this meltdown. Asked in an open-ended question to name the Democratic leader who “best reflects the core values” of the party, no one breaks out as a unifying figure. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leads the pack at 10%, followed by former Vice President Kamala Harris at 9%, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 8%, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at 6%. Former President Barack Obama and Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett each snag 4%, while Schumer limps in at 2%. Over 30% of respondents couldn’t—or wouldn’t—name anyone. “No one,” one person snapped. “That’s the problem.”
Even emerging figures like Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who delivered the party’s rebuttal to Trump’s recent presidential address, fail to ignite. Nearly three-quarters of Americans either don’t know her or have no opinion, and she’s barely a blip among Democrats—though the few who do rate her lean positive, 24% to 6%. Ocasio-Cortez, by contrast, enjoys a surge among liberals and those under 45, with about one in six in each group crowning her the party’s standard-bearer. But among older adults and moderates, no leader cracks double digits.
The fault lines run deeper still. Democratic-aligned women (57%), people of color (57%), and those without college degrees (60%) give party leadership a passing grade for direction, but men (38%) and White college graduates (32%) are far less convinced. Yet across all these groups, a majority agrees on one thing: the Democrats should dig in against the GOP. Only moderates, by a razor-thin 51% to 48%, still cling to the idea of working across the aisle.
This poll, drawn from a random sample of 1,206 US adults, carries a margin of error of ±3.3 points overall and ±5.0 points among the 504 Democrats and leaners surveyed. The data is a gut punch for a party that once rode high on Biden’s early promise but now finds itself adrift, bleeding support, and struggling to name a captain for its sinking ship. With favorability tanking and unity fraying, Democrats face a reckoning—and the clock is ticking.
