Although we remain far away from the November 2020 election, three consecutive days late last month will have a tremendous impact on the outcome. Several uncomfortable truths were revealed for Democrats, whose party has been overcome with conspiracy theorists, con artists and full-blown socialists. The week revealed that Democrats and their media enablers will align with virtually any bad actor to frame President Donald Trump, his appointees and his supporters.

Sunday, March 24 – After two years of speculation (and the creation of an alternative, fictional universe for millions of Rachel Maddow’s viewers), we finally heard from Attorney General William Barr that special counsel Robert Mueller “did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” That’s a direct quote from Mueller’s report, not Barr’s interpretation.

Democrats had whipped themselves into a frenzy over the Russian collusion conspiracy theory, but now face a reality in which many of their leaders and presidential candidates were exposed as frauds. If Mueller couldn’t find it, partisan hacks like Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell certainly haven’t, either. The investigation also concluded with Trump and his inner circle facing no charges of obstruction of justice. In the wake of this news, Democrats have devolved into a collection of conspiracy theorists whose worldview hinges on the belief that Barr, who has been friends with Mueller for 30 years, wrote a letter lying about what is actually in his buddy’s report.

For Trump, the cloud is lifted. Mueller’s full report may contain information that embarrasses the president and some of his lieutenants, but make no mistake – the end of this investigation with no legal damage to Trump enhanced his chances for re-election.

Monday, March 25 – Michael Avenatti, Trump’s tormentor for most of the last two years, was arrested for extortion, fraud and embezzlement. So much happens every week in the Trump era that it’s easy to forget what used to captivate our attention. Avenatti and his client Stormy Daniels dominated cable news for months, filling the gaps between stories about Russian collusion by guaranteeing that “Mr. Trump will not serve out his term.” Senate Democrats bought into Avenatti’s outlandish claims about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, exalting and elevating a modern-day snake oil salesman.

Democrats and the media were all aboard Avenatti’s crazy train for two years, turning him into a “liberal folk hero” with more than 300 TV appearances, according to Rebecca Ruiz of The New York Times. Aligning with this charlatan badly wounded Democrats’ credibility, making it harder to prosecute their case against Trump.

Tuesday, March 26 – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put the “Green New Deal” on his chamber’s floor, drawing great attention to the heart and soul of the Democratic Party – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (or AOC, as her admirers call her).

McConnell’s move was genius for two reasons. First, it highlighted that AOC is, in fact, running her party. After her plan received zero votes, AOC tweeted that she instructed Senate Democrats to vote “present” instead of yes. Most of them, people with decades of political experience, obeyed the orders of a freshman socialist congresswoman from the Bronx.

Second, the resolution exposed the fundamental lack of seriousness in an AOC-run party. After claiming the world would end in 12 years because of climate change, she assailed McConnell for giving her plan a vote. If “people are dying,” as AOC said, why was she angry to have her plan called for a vote?

The attention McConnell brought on the Green New Deal further framed next year’s choice – a good economy versus the unhinged socialists and their $93 trillion plan to ban cows, airplanes and capitalism. Midwestern voters turned against Democrats in 2016 at least in part because President Barack Obama moved the country too far left too fast. But what Obama did will seem like a kiddie ride compared to the tilt-a-whirl that AOC and her socialist Democrats are planning for America’s economy and culture.

And on top of all the politics, March 26 brought news that a Chicago prosecutor dropped charges against #MAGA hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett, which reminded Americans of two things – that Democratic-run towns like Chicago are corrupt, and that the media butchered this story from beginning to end. These sorts of cultural flashpoints stick in Republican craws as lingering reminders that the media will amplify any negative claim about Trump voters, and that the liberal and famous get a different set of rules than the rest of us.