Because they ran a candidate who would lose to George fucking Santos Fear sells, I won't deny that, but you'll never outscare the GOP running as a dem. .Have dems lock step on what it fucking means and parrot it until the media and GOP are tired of hearing it.
You do understand that Democrats had the best mid-terms in nearly a 100 years right? Black vote in suburban New York isn't what caused them the seats they lost. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/the-nyc-media-might-have-cost-democrats-the-house.html
If he was the only candidate who lost then your point would make sense, a whole lot of Democrats in New York lost and they didn't lose to Santos who was an unknown. You don't go out of your way to endorse your opponent's message. Republicans: DEMOCRATIC CRIME WAVE! Democrats: DEFUND THE POLICE! Tell me how does that help? But that's the point, unless progressives stop pushing dumb slogans, how can Dems lock step?
I understand with the high black voter turnout in 2018 and 2020 they won The House,even with The huge GOP gerrymandering advantage.
Those were not mid-term elections where the President's party was in power, 2022 was unique in that context.
Stabbing your own voters in the back certainly doesn't help.When they on police reform they won The WH,House and Senate.