Last week, the Democratic Party’s top congressional leaders finally took a bold stand against Trump’s assault on our democracy when he came to Congress to tout his autocratic agenda.

Traditionally, when a president arrives to address Congress, a bipartisan escort committee leads the dignitary to the podium. But, by gollies, Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries showed their toughness by – get this – refusing to have Democrats join the escort committee.

Wow – imagine how that uplifted the millions of people being stomped on by Trump’s rampage!

Is this feeble response better than nothing? Believe it or not – “do nothing” is another “strategy” proposed by former Bill Clinton operative James Carville. He says the “smart” thing for Democrats to do is to roll over and play dead. Seriously. Carville actually declares that fighting Trump is futile, so just “allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.”

Excuse me, but wasn’t that the party’s theory in 2016 and 2024 – let Trump rant, and he’ll defeat himself?

Instead, how about this? Literally get out of Washington. The party’s lawmakers should spend most of their congressional time away from the capital—out where masses of people are already agitating and organizing. Get with them, listen to them, roll up your sleeves, and serve them.

This is Jim Hightower saying, this is not just another legislative tiff we’re in, but a grassroots rumble, and the usual partisan name-calling and parliamentary nitpicking won’t win it. Inside Washington, the deck is stacked for Trump’s Autocratic America. Out here, though, the numbers and political dynamic favor democracy fighters. This is where the Democratic Party belongs.

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