Lies and excuses only work when the person hearing them love you enough to act like they believe them, no one loves anyone on the left, so it fails. It is normal for children to oppose their parents and test boundaries. What charged is the left let those children win and they grew up to be vindictive brats. Now the alphas are awake and getting ready to put them back in the corner with their noses in a small chalk circle. Worse than losing an election, the left lost a generation, they are no longer a valid political force.