I'm Jessica Tarlov, and sometimes I get it wrong. Accepting that is the first step towards better debates

We’re less than two months away from election night, and if you watch Fox News Channel’s popular show "The Five,"where I share my views as a Democrat and co-host, you know I’m hoping the Democrats score big victories across the country. (If you’ve seen the latest polling, we’re on track to flip the House and maybe the Senate, but I’ve been disappointed before.

I won’t celebrate until the votes are in and the calls are made!) But believe it or not, I’m not always a fan of my home team.

Sometimes the Democrats go too far.

Sometimes they preach so intensely at the rest of us that we feel left out of our own party.

When it comes to far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and his views on Marxism and China, as I said recently, I don’t agree with an ounce of what he’s selling.

And sometimes, with the benefit of hindsight, we get to see things differently.

FOX NEWS CHANNEL TOPS NBC, ABC AND CBS IN KEY RATINGS MEASURABLE FOR SECOND STRAIGHT SUMMER To me, two big moments stand out in this crazy political era over the last more than six years, when I believed one thing, then changed my mind.

The first is COVID-19.

Don’t get me wrong, I still think Dr.

Anthony Fauci , who retired in 2022 after leading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly 40 years, did a lot of good for the country.

But mask mandates went too far, for too long.

When I interviewed my conservative friend and fellow co-host on "The Five" Greg Gutfeld on my podcast, "Raging Moderates," I saw why he was so frustrated about the government’s response: they kept telling him what to do, instead of just leaving him alone.

The second goes back to 2019 (a blissful time compared to the chaos that was about to come!) when actor Jussie Smollett lied about being the victim of a hate crime in Chicago.

I’d defended him amid the initial skepticism about his attack.