Democrats couldn’t care less.

Passengers wait in a security checkpoint line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Democrats to this day out-poll Republicans when voters are asked a question containing words to the effect of, “…cares about people like me.”

“People like me” is generally assumed to be, “ordinary people of moderate means.” To the extent that the Democratic Party could ever legitimately claim to care about “ordinary people,” it’s abundantly clear that they don’t care now. Nor do they have any particular concern for the poor, to whom they never stop pandering, beyond that cohort’s historic propensity for reliably voting Democratic.

Democrats haven’t cared about “ordinary Americans” or “hard working Americans” or “less fortunate Americans” in quite some time. At least not in any sense that benefits ordinary, hard working or less fortunate Americans in any tangible way. In fact, it is quite the opposite.

The hard, cold truth is that Democrats care about only one thing. Expanding their power via the expansion of government.

This singular fixation explains the impasse over the partial government shutdown that has cut the funding of the Department of Homeland Security. That impasse is what’s causing massively long lines at airports as airline passengers wait for hours to clear TSA screening checkpoints.

Democrats want to kneecap Immigration & Customs Enforcement. They want to make it close to impossible for ICE to deport illegal migrants. Never mind that when you have between 10 and 30 million people – most of them poor – living in the country illegally, it puts downward pressure on the wages of “hard working Americans” and “less fortunate Americans.” It fills up the ER waiting rooms at local hospitals upon which our own “less fortunate” citizens rely. The children of illegal migrants crowd the classrooms of the children of those “ordinary Americans” who can’t afford to send their kids to private schools.

None of these – and many other – negative impacts on “ordinary Americans” matter to Democrats. That’s because illegal migrants perform two increasingly essential functions for the Democratic Party. First, they expand the populations of blue states. Census numbers affect the allocation of the 435 seats in Congress. When a better off resident of a blue state like California who can’t take it anymore decamps for Texas, illegal migrants help to offset that loss and thus the apportionment of Congressional seats. This is becoming a survival level issue for Democrat office holders.

The second thing that illegal migrants do is expand the welfare rolls, through which Democrats distribute federal money. Beyond buying votes, much of that torrent of money helps fund the corrupt non-governmental organizations with noble sounding do-gooder names and mission statements. Most such NGOs accomplish essentially none of their mission statement goals. But they do lavishly compensate their top executives while donating generously to Democrats. Think ‘taxpayer-funded money laundering.’

So, “ordinary Americans” about whom Democrats constantly purport to care stuck languishing in airport security lines for hours is acceptable collateral damage.

Bottom line: Democrats don’t give a flying damn about “ordinary Americans.” They care about retaining their perks, power, prestige and money. It’s weapons-grade cynicism.

And you’re paying the bill.