If you've been paying attention to the 2024 election, you've probably
noticed a trend: Democrats treating voters as if they are adolescent
morons.

It's a theme that has marked Kamala Harris' rallies, with various
speakers speaking to audience members like they are teaching
kindergarteners how to make vowel sounds. The latest example happened in
Wisconsin on Friday, but there are many more, and all of them tell us
exactly what Democrats think about Americans.

And who could forget this classic from Tim Walz's wife earlier in the
campaign?

ALSO SEE: Gwen Walz Goes Fully Preachy Schoolmarm in New Campaign Ad

Why do Democrats do this, and what does it say about their governance?
They do it because they believe you are stupid. They truly think
Americans are child-like figures with no more common sense than your
average five-year-old. To the average left-winger, you are an idiot who
needs to be meticulously guided down to having your words coached. More
importantly, that forms the very basis of the left-wing power structure.

If the majority of Americans actually believed they could accomplish
things on their own, without the need for politicians to light the way
and provide everything for them, Democrats would never win another
election. That's what is so insidious about the constant infantilization
of voters. It conditions people to rely on an ineffective, wasteful
government to take care of them that way instead of taking advantage of
the opportunities in front of them.

Why is that such a bad thing? Because this is your government in action.

I understand the above is a photo-op, but it's a microcosm of government
inefficiency. Two guys and a cart could have done that same job in half
the time. Instead, you've got a dozen people taking 20 seconds to move
an already-cut log a few yards. If that's what Americans are relying on
to better their lives, they are going to be waiting a long time.

ALSO SEE: Video of 14 CBP Agents Moving a Log 15 Feet Is Exactly Why We
Need Trump's Gov’t Efficiency Commission

Thankfully, while Democrats are no doubt reaching some voters with their
schtick, I don't think it plays well with the demographics they need to
make inroads with. Specifically, I think this stuff turns off
working-class men who are sick of the rhetoric and just want results.
They are likewise sick of being treated like children and told they are
toxically masculine simply by virtue of existing. If the last four years
have taught them anything, it's that when the government comes to help,
things only get worse.

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The tip of the iceberg, all on video.

Trump: All I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me
drop it on the magnets, that�s the end of the magnets
pic.twitter.com/TopK4BRsOq

Trump claims Civil War didn't have to happen: "You could've negotiated
that ... this is something that could've been negotiated ... that was a
tough one for our country ... if you negotiated it, you probably wouldn't
even know who Abraham Lincoln was ... that would've been okay"
pic.twitter.com/pmPSSTDhqv

Trump goes on a weird rant about the battle of Gettysburg and then notes
of Robert E Lee that "he's no longer in favor. Did you ever notice that?"
pic.twitter.com/hs9GjmCh6K

Slurring his words, Trump starts riffing about how he would rather be
electrocuted to death than be eaten by a shark. pic.twitter.com/yqPrxWRzN3

Trump claims he wasn�t rambling when talked about
electrocution/shark/boats. He then somehow manages to tell a more
incoherent version of the electrocution/shark/boats speech and wraps it
up by calling it a smart story: It�s not crazy, it�s sort of a smart
story right? pic.twitter.com/y2kjUTJmP7

Trump: Silence of the lamb! The late great Hannibal Lecter. It is a
wonderful man. pic.twitter.com/edG9oCH933

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Donte Zemaitis-Thomas

A 2016 Prior Lake High School graduate will face a jury trial on July 17 after he pleaded not guilty in Blue Earth County District Court Feb. 21 to an alleged rape at a Mankato party.

Donte Zemaitis-Thomas, 19, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct and false imprisonment, both felonies in Blue Earth County Court, according to a criminal complaint.

A warrant for his arrest was issued Oct. 23 and he was arrested by Mankato police and booked into Blue Earth County Jail on Nov. 1.

According to the criminal complaint:

On Oct. 19, a Mankato Department of Public Safety officer was dispatched to the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato to investigate a possible sexual assault. The victim told the officer she'd been forced to have sex with someone.
A witness told the officer that she went into the bathroom and found the victim "hysterical" on the floor.
The victim told the witness a male from the party she knew only as "Donte" had allegedly raped her. The witness also saw a ripped condom wrapper on the floor. Another witness was friends with a man who knew Zemaitis-Thomas and said he had dropped Zemaitis-Thomas off at a residence hall at Minnesota State University in Mankato.
The victim told police she went to the bathroom and as she went to leave, Zemaitis-Thomas allegedly pushed her into the bathroom and raped her. She told police she told him "no" multiple times and tried to get away. At one point, the victim pushed him away and said Zemaitis-Thomas "got mad."
The victim told police that Zemaitis-Thomas ordered her to stay in the bathroom and then left.
Mankato police then called Minnesota State University in Mankato, but Zemaitis-Thomas was not listed as a student. His driver license had a Prior Lake address, so the police then called the Prior Lake Police Department. The department had an updated address for Zemaitis-Thomas in Rochester.
Zemaitis-Thomas was arrested last year in Arizona for burglary, according to Pinal County court records.

Zemaitis-Thomas faces up to 25 years in prison and $50,000 in fines for a maximum sentence for the two counts of criminal sexual misconduct and three years and $5,000 maximum sentence for the false imprisonment charge.

The pre-trial will be June 18. The jury trial is set for four days.

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