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Democrats are lawmakers. They only know how to handle things through legislation. Trump ignores legislation. They're the wrong fighters for the war. They need to put in charge someone who can gather people and win hearts and minds.
FTFY. Let's not pretend the Democrats were ever any good at legislation either.
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Some of us are having trouble abandoning the rule of law.
You don't have to abandon it. The only reason why Trump can ignore the rule of law is because he gathered enough influence to get away with it. The Democrats need to gain influence back.
I'm sure that's what Franz von Papen said when he formed the coalition government with Hitler.
Now is a good time to fight, Trump is a piece of trash bully on his best day, letting him have victories just distracts from that and makes him seem like a higher vertebrate.
I think they realize this. Their latest messaging is "get active, go out into the streets, do something". This is as much a call to action as it is an admission of helplessness on part of the Democrats. And while I support that message, I hope they also understand the fight is NOT being waged on behalf of Democrats, who need to transform as much as the GOP has or better yet disappear and make space for something better.
That's their message even if they have the presidency, the house, and a filibuster-proof majority in the senate.
The problem is the party's full of quislings. People say that "oh we're a big tent" but that just conflates being inclusive of minorities with being inclusive of people who undermine it.