What happens when the fundamental premise of democratic discourse—that citizens can disagree in good faith—disappears? I think we’ve been well past that point for a while now, sadly. But, that still doesn’t change the fact that the left can’t accept people who don’t agree with them, even while claiming that they believe in bipartisanship. They just want bipartisanship if it means getting what they want.
This pattern of false bipartisanship reached a new low with the latest outburst from Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), which should serve as a wake-up call to any Republican who still clings to fantasies that genuine cooperation with Democrats is possible.
"We’ve got a mental health crisis in this country because everyone, no matter how you affiliate yourself, should be against Trump, period. This is not partisan for me," Crockett said in a recent interview on Katie Couric’s podcast.
So, it’s time to abandon the naive expectation that productive dialogue is possible with those who view half the country not as fellow citizens with different perspectives, but as fundamentally broken individuals who lack basic reasoning capacity.
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The congresswoman's track record reinforces this pattern of contempt. Her cruel mockery of Texas Governor Greg Abbott as "governor hot wheels"—attacking a paraplegic's disability for political points—reveals the depth of her moral bankruptcy. This is who Democrats elevate as their spokesperson, and it tells us everything we need to know about their true character.
This dynamic reminds me of one of my favorite novels, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and something that Chief Bromden observed about Nurse Ratched’s method of hiring orderlies
She appraises them and their hate for a month or so, then lets them go because they don’t hate enough. When she finally gets the three she wants—gets them one at a time over a number of years, weaving them into her plan and her network—she’s damn positive they hate enough to be capable.
It’s hard not to see a parallel in today’s Democratic Party, where ideological purity is enforced with a similar cold, bureaucratic ruthlessness. Just as Ratched weeds out orderlies lacking the required animosity, Democrats who don’t display enough hostility toward Trump or Republicans—who dare to show nuance, moderation, or even basic decency—are quietly marginalized or publicly shamed. In this environment, hate becomes the currency of control, and those unwilling to spend it are rendered expendable. That’s how people like Jasmine Crockett become the face of the Democratic Party.
When a sitting member of Congress labels nearly 80 million Americans as mentally unfit simply for their political beliefs, while refusing to acknowledge Biden’s cognitive decline, which virtually no one disputes anymore, it becomes clear we’ve moved far beyond good-faith disagreement. And she’s not alone here, she’s just the loudest voice.
How can you negotiate or find common ground with people who view your beliefs as symptoms of mental illness and see your very existence as pathological? The reality is, you can’t—and Republicans who still believe they can work with Democrats who share Crockett’s mindset are clinging to a fantasy that vanished long ago. History has shown this: President George W. Bush made repeated efforts to collaborate with Democrats, only to be undermined at every turn. Yet, some Republicans still don’t grasp this truth. They continue to offer olive branches to those who’d sooner see them committed than seated at the negotiating table, mistaking performative civility for genuine cooperation and failing to see the deep-seated contempt that Crockett so openly revealed.
