Democrats, Leftists, Progressives or however one describes Liberals, are still going through a time of hysteria/shock. They weave a fiction that unravels as they weave when attempting to "understand",  rationalize or otherwise work to put what happened in the last election cycle in a form that fits into their ideology and narrative. The above article is an example of these rather pathetic  pseudo-intellectual gymnastics. 

Liberals must face the fact that their ideology has been rejected by the American people. Americans do not want an all powerful state. They do not want the government to redistribute wealth as a means to solve America's problems. They do not want the constitution rendered, practically null and void.  They do not want private property rights undermined. They do not want a self-important, corrupt government class controlling their lives, and on and on.