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Michael Goodwin: Dem meltdown over Jeffries-Kushner meeting is a testament to party’s radicalization

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Sometimes a meeting is just a meeting.

And sometimes it’s treason.

The meeting in question was between the Democrats’ House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and ­adviser.

My first reaction to the news about the get-together was probably like that of most Americans.

OK, two guys from opposite sides had a meeting.

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After all, people in Washington have meetings all the time.

And perhaps Democrats and Republicans could get more done for the country if they often met privately instead of just shouting at each other during interviews and campaigns.

Ah, but the rules — and common sense — go out the window if you are the leader of House Dems in the era of Trump.

Then you must be on a total war footing at all times.

Even the slightest deviation will provoke a storm of denunciations and threats to boot you from the job.

Consider the reaction from James Carville, who has migrated from Southern-fried endearing to absolute bonkers-land.

He was early out of the gate in spotting a capital offense by Jeffries.

“You do not meet with them — don’t have anything to do with them,” Carville declared online.

He insisted that what Jeffries should have said is, “Any business we have is going to be conducted with you under oath.”

Another nutso theme common among the critics, many of whom are from the party’s ascendant far left, was that having the meeting proved Jeffries........

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