Opinion

Democrats want to run US after their Iowa caucus ineptitude?

The Democratic Party was humbled by an app Monday night. A day later, it still didn’t have voting results for the 31st most populous state in the nation.

Yet this is the same party that wants the American people to believe it can remake a $20 trillion economy with free college, free health care and a “green new deal” all without a hiccup.

One major underlying theme proposed by all the Democrats running for president is competence — that they are all better suited for the job than President Trump, who can’t properly run his real estate business much less the country.

Just ignore the low unemployment numbers, good economic growth and strong wage increases. Look past the killing of high-ranked terrorists without embroiling the nation in an all-out war. Wave away the decent trade deals with China, Mexico and Canada.

Contrast that with the gang that can’t shoot straight. One of the party’s alleged victors from Monday’s caucuses, Bernie Sanders, can’t even tally up the costs of all the free stuff he wants to give away if he became president.

Another progressive, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, gets flustered when trying to explain how to pay for all her proposals.

And let’s not ask a question of Joe Biden about his son Hunter’s activities in Ukraine. He’ll flip his lid.

The chaos in Iowa may be the fault of the party apparatus, not the candidates, but it illustrates perfectly the Democrats’ ill-fated philosophy that all it takes is a centrally operated, technologically sophisticated plan — and a lot of money — to make things better.

Who will run Medicare for All? It’ll be liberal activists and technocrats like the ones behind Shadow, the app makers who bungled Iowa. But don’t worry — this time it’ll work. And if it doesn’t, well, a lot of middle men and consultants will get paid with taxpayer dollars.

Trump has his faults. He can be reckless and nasty. But do you really want to change horses now and hand the keys of the kingdom — and a $20 trillion economy — to people who can’t count votes, much less keep track of your money?

Charles Gasparino is a senior correspondent at Fox Business Network.

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