We call it the “nanny state” for a reason — because Democrats want you to feel like the government will take care of you. Health reporter Jennifer Galardi sees it, too.

On the last night of the DNC, Eva Longoria told the crowd that she and Kamala Harris were able to see “beyond the horizon because our families supported our big dreams.” According to Longoria, and almost all who toe the party line, “As Americans, we’re all a part of one big family. Somos familia. As familia, we have to have each other’s back. We have to support each other’s dreams because Kamala’s success is our success.”

This common “family” refrain of the Democrat Party is not an accident. It is a rhetorical device used to endear voters, particularly those who feel like they’ve been abandoned or disappointed by their biological families — which is pretty much everyone.

Kamala is both “Momala” and your “cool aunt.” Joe Biden, your “grandpop.” Tim Walz is your newly minted “dad.” As Chad Felix Greene stated on X, “The Democrats have this weird obsession with convincing people the government is their family.”

This works because it’s the way we’re made.

Family is the natural order for human beings. It is human nature to associate family with feelings of safety, protection, love, and trust, whether someone comes from a stable, loving home or a broken, defective one. It is why children of alcoholics will often marry alcoholics. No matter how defective a parent may have been, a child often interprets even the most abusive behavior as normal or “love,” similar to the gaslighting we saw at the DNC last week.

If a traumatic event or a divorce disrupts the family order, children may not feel emotionally supported at all, leaving them susceptible to language of inclusivity or belonging.

Galardi discusses more of this sort of dynamic before continuing:

These are just some of the reasons why some 22-, 35-, or even 60-year-old women — and men — still unconsciously just want their mommies and daddies. I wonder how many Democrat women — both married and unmarried — fall into one of these categories?

It is why Democrats are so keen to use familial terms and why the tactic appeals to psychologically broken women and men. It allows the government to step into roles that were maybe imperfectly filled by parents.

She concludes:

Democrats have such a stronghold on these women and men because it’s not about politics. It’s about emotional attachment. It’s why Republicans will never be able to sway them with arguments about economic policy or immigration or Title IX reforms. You can’t solve a psychological or spiritual problem with a political solution.

Read the whole thing here.