What Happened to Affordability? Victorious Dems Brag 'DEI Is Back,' That They Have 'Gayest Congress Ever'
Sure, Americans may have voted for the Democrats because they were promised lower banana prices. If they get them, it won’t be from the Democrats, or at least not through any effort of their own.
But cheer up, USA: You now have the gayest Congress ever, trans men can use the women’s bathroom in the Capitol now, and top Democrats are celebrating the fact that DEI is back, baby!
That wasn’t on the agenda, but you’re happy, right? Say right or else we’re going to tell your employer and get you canceled.
Yes, it didn’t take long for the “we told you so” evidence to emerge.
Sure, a few disciplined Democrats were out there talking about amorphous policies regarding affordability. A lot more were already talking impeachment — it didn’t matter who, or for what, or whether or not they could convict. Verdict in the media first, trial in the Senate second, rationale for the charges third. Lewis Carroll would be proud.
At the very least, the rush to call for impeachment was predictable.
If nothing else, the Democrats have been consistent in being a party full of Trix Rabbits constantly chasing the box of cereal and getting stymied no matter what the latest ruse is. Less predictable was the fact that — just months after AOC’s infamous declaration that “Woke 1 was crazy” seemed to bring an end to the public-facing cringe-tastic struggle sessions of the early 2020s — they didn’t even bother trotting out Woke 2, but just went straight on back to Woke 1.
Exhibit A: This post from the Congressional Equality Caucus, which was roundly mocked but still emblematic of where we’re headed the next two years:
The American people have made their voices heard.
The 120th Congress will officially be the GAYEST Congress in history! (that we know of)
Let’s get to work 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ https://t.co/gxgh5eHGmB
— Congressional Equality Caucus (@EqualityCaucus) November 5, 2026
I’m not taking the bait on any “gayest Congress in American history jokes,” except to point out that this doesn’t reduce prices anywhere but in maternity shops on Capitol Hill. However, it did raise an interesting question regarding two of the more prominent members of the new Congress:
As a gay congressional staffer on the Hill, I am curious if @EqualityCaucus will demand that El-Sayed, Ilhan Omar, and other elected Islamists in Congress denounce Sharia Law? I do not feel safe working on the Hill as a gay staffer without knowing that these leaders denounce the execution of homosexuals.
— David Leatherwood (@brokebackUSA) November 5, 2026
Good question. Just don’t go up on any tall buildings with them, I suppose. (Fact-finding trips to Gaza: Also out.)
Oh, and thank ye heavens, Rep. Sarah McBride — a Delaware Democrat male formerly known as Tim — will be able to use the women’s bathroom in the Capitol, according to reports:
Democrats are working to lower the price of gas by letting Sarah McBride use the women’s restroom.
Beyond Parody.
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) November 6, 2026
You’re going to be paying less for groceries all because McBride can use whatever bathroom he wants.
And it’s not just rainbow-hued wokeness that’s back, either. Open discrimination in the name of diversity, equity, and inclusion is back, too, to hear California Rep. Ro Khanna tell it:
DEI is back! https://t.co/ISsdTCwtzq
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) November 4, 2026
“I love this America!” Khanna exclaimed. Apparently, he doesn’t like other Americas.
Considering he’s a dark-horse candidate for president in 2028, that might otherwise be worrying — but considering who else got elected Tuesday, it’ll get lost in the mix.
The point is, valuing and rewarding someone for their race or religion or who they choose to engage in sexual relations with is back with a vengeance, and Khanna seems to want to take this beyond the ballot box and back to the boardrooms.
And if companies didn’t get the message on that front, let Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland spell it out by explicitly saying the Democrats will go after any company deemed to have worked with the Trump administration, which is a coded way of saying they’re coming after you if you ditched DEI:
Jamie Raskin announces any company who dared work with the Trump administration will be punished.
Communist regimes don’t allow companies to work with the other party.
Any corporation that didn’t bend knee to the DEI agenda will be ruthlessly targeted.
https://t.co/U9igpD0U1C
— Radical Left Exposed (@radleftexposed) November 5, 2026
Look, at some level I get it. For the overwhelming nature of the victory on Tuesday for the Democrats, the mood — once the party had subsided — was a bit like Robert Redford in “The Candidate,” asking his campaign strategist after his win, “What do we do now?”
Like Redford’s character, the Democrats abandoned anything resembling substance in pursuit of a victory, and they got it, all right. But what now?
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“Affordability” requires working with Republicans and the White House — which they’re not going to do, since “bipartisanship” is a phrase that’s aged like “AOL dialup.”
“Accountability” involves a bunch of loud House Oversight Committee hearings where junior members screech over each other, which isn’t any different from when the Republicans controlled Congress, although now the libs can subpoena some top administration officials to watch them all look stupid.
Everything else will be vetoed, and you’ll probably see a few pointless government shutdowns.
However, these people got elected in part by embracing that “Woke 1 is crazy” tagline. And what came of it? They didn’t even bother upgrading to Woke 2.0.
This is straight-up Woke 1 stuff. It’s like the end of a “Scooby-Doo” episode, where the gang pulls the mask off the Affordability Ghost: “Zoinks! It’s old man Dylan Mulvaney!”
And they would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for you meddling voters. Oh, wait. They did.
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