Democratic Party Hosts Another Town Hall... Accidentally Re-Enacts Every MSNBC Segment Since 2016

Democratic Party Hosts Another Town Hall… Accidentally Re-Enacts Every MSNBC Segment Since 2016

In a stunning turn of predictability, the Democratic Party held yet another nationwide town hall this week—only to once again transform it into a dramatic reading of “Everything Wrong With Donald Trump, Vol. 847.”

Attendees, who showed up hoping to discuss policy solutions, economic concerns, and maybe even—just maybe—how the party could actually improve its messaging, were instead treated to a nostalgic PowerPoint of Trump tweets and vague warnings about fascism.

“Listen, we get it. Trump is bad. We were there,” said one voter in the back, halfway through a yawn. “But what’s the Democratic plan besides pointing at the burning building and saying ‘wow, look at that fire’?”

Meanwhile, outside the political echo chamber:

Voters are ghosting the party faster than a bad Hinge date.

Independent registration is rising like gas prices in July.

And conversations across the country sound a lot less like “Roe v. Wade” and a lot more like “Where’s the rent relief?” and “Why are we funding both war and potholes?”

What makes this more awkward? People were already leaving the party before Kamala Harris even dusted off the campaign trail. The discontent didn’t start on TikTok—it just got louder there.

Political experts (aka your cousin who listens to podcasts now) say the Democratic Party desperately needs a Town Hall 2.0—where instead of clapping at the same old talking points, they ask:

Why are people feeling politically homeless?

What exactly went wrong in the last election cycle?

And why does it feel like critique within the party is treated like treason?

Until then, voters will keep showing up to these town halls with open minds, and leaving with flashbacks to 2017.