Democrats are embroiled in a debate over using the term "oligarchy" to describe the Trump administration — not whether they think the description is accurate, but whether Americans are familiar enough with the word to understand its drastic meaning.

Background

First-term Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) recently discussed her "game plan" for getting the Democratic Party back on solid footing after losing control of the White House and Senate and failing to reclaim the House in last fall's election.

Speaking to Politico before a speech in her home state last week, Slotikin said Democrats should remove "oligarchy" from their vocabulary deployed to attack President Trump and his allies, because it doesn’t resonate beyond lefty coastal audiences. She suggested instead that Democrats should say the party opposes "kings."

But Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a two-time former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination who has maintained a strong progressive following, pushed back on the suggestion during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) have been on a multicity........

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