A Democratic National Committee trying to prove it can effectively fight back against Donald Trump’s administration has settled on a novel strategy to win back skeptical voters.
Since the start of President Trump’s second term, the normally buttoned-up social media accounts at the Democratic National Committee have leaned into shitposting.
The team has suggested the secretary of defense was tweeting while drunk, mocked Elon Musk’s reported drug use and embraced memes showing the vice president with a comically swollen face. In May, the group’s official X account even insinuated — without evidence — that a top White House official was a “cuck.”