Overview
- Biden made the prediction in May 2019 in Nashua, New Hampshire, yet Trump’s 2024 return showed Republicans did not have that “epiphany.”
- An NBC News poll in March 2025 found 65% of Democrats want leaders to hold their ground even if nothing passes.
- That new mood is changing nominations, with Analilia Mejia winning a New Jersey House special and Graham Platner’s surge in Maine pushing Gov. Janet Mills out of a Senate race.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries signals the shift with the motto “When they go low, we strike back.”
- Biden allies note early bipartisan wins on infrastructure, chips, the Postal Service and marriage rights, yet strategists say Trumpism still defines the GOP.