BINGO! They get away with this stuff only because the media promotes it.
It's what leftists always do. Go to the weak minded and fill them with vacuous talking points and destroy anyone who questions them. Leftists have killed 100 million people through history who didn't have the common sense to support truth and dignity offered by the left. Accept it or die, it's really up to you.
And leftist politicians don't take their loyal voters with them. They are as poor and unfree as the rest of us. It's the people who vote for Democrats who are the truly stupid