President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is just three days away California-based company specializes in providing on-demand crowds for protests, is seeing a surprising drop in enthusiasm among Democrats compared to years before.
Adam Swart, CEO of California-based publicity firm Crowds on Demand, said this is in stark contrast to previous election cycles.
“We’ve had fewer questions than we did in 2017, when Trump was first elected to his first term, and I attribute that to a real lack of passion right now among many Democratic Party donors and operatives,” he told Fox News Digital.
“Many of them are dejected and they understand that the tactics they have tried have ultimately been unsuccessful, and they are trying to recalibrate their approach as we enter the second Trump era.”
CARRIE UNDERWOOD PERFORMS ‘AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL’ AT TRUMP INAUGURATION
Anti-Trump protesters gather as people line up to watch former President Donald Trump speak at Madison Square Garden during a campaign rally on October 27, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Due to the nature of the business, the losing (or opposing) party tends to file The help of Crowds on Demandmeaning Democrats would normally flock to the company following newly elected President Donald Trump’s decisive victory and as his inauguration approaches.
But residual malaise The Democrats’ loss in November and the desire to chart a path forward with a message that resonates may be partly to blame.
Swart largely credits the shift to “outrage tactics” with, in his words, largely “failing” the Democratic Party.
“It’s something I’ve been telling my friends in the Democratic Party for a long time, that the so-called Trump Derangement Syndrome, where you oppose everything he does with ferocity and indignation, you get angry at everything he says. was ultimately unsuccessful, as evidenced by Trump’s landslide victory,” he said.
“He didn’t win the landslide because people weren’t aware of who he is. People knew who he is.”
He quoted Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who in June 2018 called on members of the public to openly confront and harass members of the Trump administration.
“They’re not going to be able to go to a restaurant, they’re not going to be able to stop at a gas station, they’re not going to be able to shop at a department store,” Waters said. said at the time. “People are going to turn on them, they’re going to protest, they’re going to absolutely harass them.”
President-elect Donald Trump will take office on Monday, becoming the second president to serve two non-consecutive terms. (NRI)
Swart says the tactic worked for Democrats during the first Trump administration, when many members of the administration were “socially ostracized.”
“They were banned from restaurants. They were banned from social clubs. They were not invited to important parties,” he said.
“The idea inherent in that tactic was to attach social costs to ties to Trump. Now when you see Silicon Valley and Wall Street titans openly tied to Trump in a way you’ve never seen before and in a way you’ve never seen before, on a scale that’s never been seen before, it’s not It will no longer be possible to impose that social price on Trump’s supporters.”
Although Waters later denied it she had encouraged violence against Trump officials, other Democrats have faced similar scrutiny for inflammatory rhetoric, including instances in which multiple party members labeled Trump a “threat to democracy.” For example, Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman of New York once said that Trump is so “dangerous” to democracy that he “must be eliminated,” but soon after apologized for the comment.
Swart warned Democrats that if the Waters-style rhetoric continues, the party will only “lose more” in the next election, swinging moderate Republicans further to the right and driving moderate Democrats from the left.
CROWDS ON DEMAND HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 100 ‘LUCRATIVE’ ANTI-ISRAEL REQUESTS SINCE OCTOBER 7
“My advice to Democrats in terms of protesting and advocacy in the Trump era is to be very specific in your advocacy and be positive in your focus. Given that Democrats are a small minority in the Senate and House of Representatives, Representatives, there are opportunities to engage moderate or bipartisan Republicans in their thinking, but the tactics of outrage, attack, and social exclusion won’t work ” he said.
“The better tactic is to really focus on their voters and what the voters want, number one. Number two: making emotional but positive appeals. And number three: relentless but respectful pressure. What I mean by that is that you’re out of the office every day. You laugh. You are involved. You make your opinion heard. You’re not going away, but you’re not creating a threatening atmosphere in any way, as what we’ve found is our most effective campaigns are those where we apply positive pressure. We are in good spirits but ruthless, and that is exactly the strategy that will work, because that will produce people who are independent. -minded Republicans to vote with Democrats.”
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
Fox News’ Yael Halon, Greg Wehner and Emma Colton contributed to this report.
