This week, Democrats utterly conceded the issue of crime. Before Trump deployed the National Guard in DC, mayors and governors in blue states shrugged crime off as inevitable. Illinois Governor Pritzker did so in a national interview last month.

When crime dropped dramatically in DC, the situation changed. Voters in high-crime areas run by Democrats now see what’s possible, and want their communities cleaned up too.

The high-profile murder in North Carolina escalated the contrast. A young Ukrainian woman got stabbed to death by a repeat felon who had no business being out of prison. Trump demanded justice for the victim and action to prevent more crime. In response, Democrats and the media defended the perpetrator and his “mental illness” against the “pouncing” of Trump and Republicans.

Democrats’ obsession with Trump keeps blinding them to the reality of voters’ lives. Democrats keep trying to outsmart Donald Trump. Instead, they keep painting themselves further into radical corners.