Yes, you'll notice they never use the singular "Democrat". They describe democrats, the Democratic party, etc. but only Republicans started using this bizarre "Democrat Party" or the "Democrat nominee" thing.
A quick google search shows a number of mentions, but it feels so odd that I could've missed this, especially since a person who isn't in the know can easily make the mistake of thinking Democrats belong to the Democrat Party.
Has it historically not been an issue enough to call out? Is this only in some circles and not universally agreed upon? It just seems so odd for me to have missed this being a thing. It is like if one day someone told you 'fish' was a loaded negative term to refer to people who went to college.
Here's a Twitter search for Trump with all the times he said "Democrat" singular, almost every occurrence is designed to be a pejorative: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=from%3A%40realDonaldTr...
Or for Matt Gaetz:
https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3A%40mattgaetz%20%22democr...
Or Jim Jordan:
https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3A%40Jim_Jordan%20%22democ...
Edit:
Apparently it made it to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)
I do remember hearing "Republican'ts" and "rethuglicans" from dems but in my experience it's extremely rare.
It seems to be more about disputing that the party is in fact democratic. Among other things, the superdelegates make this clear. It's also the matter of the party making a name-grab for democracy itself, which is a more valuable trademark than anything associated with the republic.
Yes, I'm sure the pejorative use by Republicans of the term that Democrats use to refer to themselves is rooted in Republicans' sincere concern with the structure of the DNC's primary. That must be it.
> burfog 19 hours ago | parent | flag | favorite | on: Iran attack: US airbases in Iraq hit by ballistic ...
> Democrat voters may oppose war, but the same can not be said for democrat politicians.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21987859
Lol, come on man.