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It is grammatically valid.
"The Party" means the party that values the principles of .
"The Party" is the party comprised of . The "Carpenter Party" means the party comprised of carpenters. The "Plumber party" means the party comprised of plumbers.
"The Democratic Party" is the party that values the principals of Democracy.
"The Democrat Party" is the party comprised of Democrats.
Denouncing the Democratic Party means denouncing the principals of Democracy. Denouncing the Democrat party means denouncing the people who call themselves Democrats.
I thought this post was about reddit getting mad that the word "Democrat" was used at all to describe a member of the Democratic Party, and I was making the point that of course they do, no one's gonna call a member of the Democratic Party a "Democratic." But people explained what this post was about below.