Rantz: Pramila Jayapal leans into lazy, desperate, and embarrassing vulgarity strategy

Seattle Democrat and Squad grandmother Rep. Pramila Jayapal is joining her far-left colleagues in their lazy vulgarity strategy. In order to get press coverage and seem passionate, Democrats seem to think that if they swear loudly enough, we’ll all mistake it for bold leadership. Spoiler: we won’t.

Jayapal, who once fancied herself as a policy heavyweight in the progressive movement, is now reduced to interviews and X-posting about how “bats**t crazy” Republicans and President Donald Trump are—because nothing says “thoughtful policymaker” like an overcooked insult wrapped in juvenile language. She’s not alone.

Democrats have increasingly embraced vulgarity as a political tool, with viral clips of Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) offering profane tirades during committee hearings and Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-Oregon) flubbing her vulgarity to accidentally say she wants to have sex with Trump. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) similarly dropped a vulgarity during a House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary cities, calling it “total bulls**t.”

They all seem to be proud of their vulgarity, using it over and over again, because it’s now part of their brand and they’re proud of it. They frame this language as “authenticity,” but it’s clearly a calculated strategy to get media attention without offering meaningful policy solutions—just viral moments drenched in outrage.

Seriously. The whole “batsh*t” doesn’t make you cool, hip, or passionate.

— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) May 3, 2025

Democrats embrace cringey vulgarity strategy deemed ‘dark woke’

Democrats embracing profanity as if it’s a legitimate replacement for governing or even offering meaningful alternatives to Trump’s policies. But it’s not edgy. It’s not interesting. It’s not cool. And it isn’t convincing anyone that they’re right on the issues.

And the so-called “dark woke” strategy of dropping F-bombs is not working because it’s so completely inauthentic.

It’s the verbal equivalent of the Steve Buscemi meme—“How do you do, fellow kids?”—cringeworthy, forced, and completely detached from the voters they’re trying (and failing) to impress.

“The real trouble with dark woke is that it’s a plainly false, calibrated attempt at gritty authenticity,” wrote Ross Barkan, a political columnist for Intelligencer. “It doesn’t mean anything or stand for anything. It’s not as if Bernie Sanders, drawing tens of thousands of people to his rallies against oligarchy, ever needs to drop an F-bomb to get his audiences excited. They come out for Sanders because they believe in his politics and vision and know he’s been an honest broker on the political scene for more than 30 years.”

Vulgarity doesn’t work if you have nothing else to say

Vulgarity has become the lazy shortcut for Democrats like Jayapal who have nothing new to say.

Swearing gets you headlines, especially when the press is desperate to prop up progressives losing traction with voters. It might get you a viral clip and applause from MSNBC panelists, but once the F-bomb echo fades, there’s nothing left. No solutions. No new ideas. Just the same broken nonsense that already cost Democrats elections: trans ideology pushed into schools and gender identity over biology, wide open borders, and policies that protect criminals more than victims.

Jayapal and her progressive colleagues aren’t even hiding the desperation anymore. This “cuss like a TikTok teen” strategy reeks of a party still broken by Donald Trump’s mere existence. Crass talk works for Trump because it’s authentic to his personality. Democrats don’t have personality; they just whine about how we don’t accept how much smarter they are than the rest of us.

Democrats want to seem strong, but it’s all bark and no bite. Calling Republicans “bats**t” doesn’t change the fact that the left’s policies on gender identity, immigration, and public safety are wildly out of step with voters. If Democrats had an actual agenda that wasn’t toxic to the American people, they wouldn’t need to scream it through a profanity filter to get attention.

Look at me! I cussed!

This is the political equivalent of setting your hair on fire so someone will look at you.

There was a time when Rep. Jayapal tried to posture as someone with policy chops. She gave that up long ago when she realized she couldn’t pass any meaningful legislation. She’s too extreme and more interested in brand building than helping the American people. In fairness, that’s what Seattle voters want: to signal their virtue while not actually doing anything.

Jayapal is just another backbencher addicted to social media clout. She’s leaning into performative outrage not because she believes it works—but because she knows nothing else does. It’s easier to curse than explain why your sanctuary city policies are a disaster, or why you’re okay with biological boys dominating girls in sports.

Profanity isn’t a vision. It’s a distraction. And voters see through it.

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