Donald Trump is arrogant, ignorant, narcissistic, and corrupt. The Democrats wouldn’t want to reproduce any of that. However, Trump’s unconventional success in 2016 potentially contains some lessons about identity politics and campaign tactics that could be used by the Democrats in future years. How would you go about building a better, left-wing Trump?
Here’s how you would do it:
- Trump, of course, represents his base, which is predominantly male. The blue base is female, so the perfect candidate would have to be a woman.
- For the same reason, it would have to be a minority.
- Trump swaggers. Women don’t. The closest female equivalent would be glamor. As a result, she would have to be young, attractive, and vivacious.
- She obviously would need the ability to trigger both the right and the left with pithy comments on Twitter.
- Taking relatively extreme positions and having a minimal regard for the facts is a good way to stand out and win free media.
If you haven’t figured out where I’m going with this, she already exists. Come on down, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez!