The Democrats’ response to Trump is splintered — but getting better
After failing to consolidate around a single message of resistance to President Donald Trump over the past six weeks, it seems like the Democratic Party finally has an idea of what to say — but they’re still struggling to figure out how to communicate that message to the American people.
The argument Democrats made in response to Trump’s first joint address to Congress is still slightly cloudy. But one version goes something like this: Trump can’t be trusted with the economy, he’s steering the country into dangerous territory, and he’s not focused on the kitchen-table issues the American people care about.
Even before Trump’s address Tuesday night, congressional Democrats were torn about how to get their message across. Should they even attend the speech? Would their time be better spent talking to constituents and using alternative media to respond? And if they did show up, should they protest, disrupt, or heckle the president, or sit and listen?
An early answer to that last question came within the first five minutes of Trump’s address. Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green stood up and heckled the president, shouting that Trump has “no mandate to cut........
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