Party insiders are trying to make the case for doing nothing against Trump. That\u2019s a colossal mistake<\/p>\n
In a recent New York Times Op-Ed, Democratic super-consultant James Carville boldly called for \u201cthe most radical thing [Democrats] can do\u201d \u2013 nothing at all. Standing over the putrefying carcass of three-day-old road kill, thinking we don\u2019t notice the fur sticking to the bumper of his F-150, this man is pointing at the rotting heap and screaming \u201cDon\u2019t move!\u201d<\/p>\n
His argument is simple and incredibly dangerous: give the Republicans enough rope to hang themselves and they will do it. Their inability to govern, he argues, is self-evident and when they shut down enough social programs, people will notice and Democrats can swoop in and save the day.<\/p>\n
Megan Romer is the national co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America<\/p>\n
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