Democratic Elites Blame Everyone But Themselves for Historic Collapse

Democrats lost control of the Senate and are likely to be losers in the House for two election cycles in a row.

Frida Ghitis : The blame game for who was responsible for this collapse is underway.

She says those being blamed are not Democratic Party elites, liberal media institutions, or the corporate consulting world they operate in—but outside economic forces, transgender people, immigrants, and a host of either powerless minority groups.

Ghitis says the name of the game for the top Democratic brass is shifting the blame from the powerful to the powerless.

Frida Ghitis: Blaming “woke’s” issues for Democratic failures is quickly becoming a popular scapegoat reprisal from 2016 .

She says it's the default position of those with tremendous power and responsibility when they fail to achieve the one job they were tasked with doing.

Ghitis asks: Why would those running the campaign not blame outside forces “largely out of [their] control”?.

MSNBC ’s Chris Matthews blamed migration and Democrats ’ supposed “open border” policies for the Democratic Party implosion on Tuesday .

Ruben Navarrette : Matthews wants us to know he can’t be appealed to with Medicare for All or free college or stronger union protections.

The other side of the blame-shifting coin is the rise of the Racial Whodunnit , where specific demographic groups are blamed for the loss, whether it be Latinos or white women.