Even in the chaos surrounding Trump’s tariffs, the Democrats can’t seem to get it together. They are wandering aimlessly in the desert without a compass, clue or meaningful leadership. In their great search for a base, pols are taking part in Q&As, rallies and podcasts. But they could save a lot of money and time by simply watching an 18-second clip from a CNN town hall that aired Wednesday. It’s arguably the most consequential bit of game film from the Dems’ performance in the last few years. Host Anderson Cooper, sitting with Sen. Bernie Sanders, tosses the mic to a woman in the audience, saying, “I want to introduce Grace Thomas. She’s a local civil rights attorney. She’s a Democrat.” Cue the record scratch. Thomas wags a finger at Cooper and takes an officious tone to proclaim, “It’s they/them pronouns, actually.” Then, without an ounce of self awareness but packing a motherlode — I mean themlode — of condescension, the attorney notes that “men of all racial demographics are turning away from the Democratic Party. But of course, white men in particular do not feel that the DNC‘s messaging targets them in the issues that they care about.” Hmmm, I wonder why. “Should progressive campaigns craft policies and messaging to better encapsulate these voters? And if the answer is yes, how do they do so without abandoning marginalized voters of color and gender?” asks Thomas, who is unmistakably female-presenting — not even bordering on ambiguous, lumpy Pat-from- “Saturday Night Live” territory. But Thomas answered her own question before it even left her lips. The truth emerged when she flashed her badge as a high-ranking member of the pronoun police and issued Cooper a citation for misgendering. This woman is a perfect avatar for the Democrat party: so blinded by her own bizarre fantasies and obsessions about identity she doesn’t realize that “they/them” is the problem. Turns out dudes of all races and creeds, as well as many women, are allergic to being lectured by crazy ladies who have so many advanced degrees they need plural third-person pronouns. If the party that once championed the working class wants to win again, they need to get back to basics. Instead of clinging to Identitarianism and nonsensical labels, they need to offer ideas. Real ideas that help real people and make their lives better. Not raging against the gender binary machine, which solves nothing but gives an overeducated, privileged elitist a minority box to check. While a few Dems, including John Fetterman and even Gavin Newsom, have conceded the need to move back into the land of common sense, much of the ultra-progressive left is still training for the victimhood Olympics — even though the games were officially canceled with the outcome of the November elections. Take Sanders’ response. He admitted that Dems have failed on some economic issues. But he indulged Thomas instead of being as tough-talking as he is on the economy. “I believe that we got to end all forms of bigotry,” he said. He should have told her the truth: that a fixation on identity is a political albatross. During the last election, the Dems’ disconnect with males was undeniable. In order to bridge the gap created by what James Carville called “too many preachy females,” Kamala Harris picked wacko Minnesota governor Tim Walz, who the party tried to package as some sort of Midwestern macho man capable of hunting as hard as he hugs. But Americans saw through Walz’s cosplay, scoring Trump a decisive win over Harris, especially among male voters. To find the promised land and recapture the male vote, the Dems need to defund and dismantle the pronoun police entirely.