And they do this all the time with different things. The "the left is outraged over Sydney Sweeney's jeans ad!" campaign was the same. Right-wing influencers/commentators regularly invent a version of "the left" that doesn't actually exist. And too often, media/mainstream Dems accept that.

In other words, the research literature suggests a much better basis for modern policy:

1. Labor wealth is a scarce, strategic asset
2. Skilled emigration an *investment* in a global network
3. Aid should help manage, not stop, migration
4. Migration is at the heart of successful development

Party leaders get promotions after their parties win. But the truth is the skills that make a good legislator are different from the skills that make a good strategist or opposition figure. Elevating Jeffries for being there amid a Trump backlash is...questionable. www.offmessage.net/p/crisis-of-...