Never said they did. But at the same time... are Progressives sane these days?!
I mean, they are amidst massive power grabs. The right is being emboldened by their out-of-touch policies. The environment and fiscal policies are both getting worse, and censoring and covering up things aren't helping.
Merkle covering up her own, failed policies in Germany only helped the right, including immigrant on immigrant violence in internment camps, as their prisons overflowed (over 1M illegal entries, the EU legal definition), as an indirect policy to reduce the population of immigrant flows, which became so bad, the Germans had to ask the US Army for help, which caused it to become known. If Germany wasn't so anti-fascist, the right would be even more popular, but most still want authoritarian Progressives than right wingers.
Italy is another story. You can't make promises you cannot keep, and that's exactly what is happening in Italy. It's not much different than here. The left is losing minorities, not gaining them. And calling Libyan refugees as Syrian refugees doesn't fly outside the US.
If it wasn't for abortion, the right would he far more popular in the US right now.
