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In reply to the discussion: Could Trump's current level of support reflect the lack of real pushback from Democrats? [View all]mpcamb
(2,854 posts)They, tho a smaller party, outflanked us, picking up governorships, reps and state influence all over the country. They had and have an army of lawyers working full time behind the scenes on policy and laws they can evade, corrupt and negate. The dirty work that trump and crew performed day to day didn't come out of nowhere; their clumsy handling of it might have, but R's research what they can pretzel-twist into their advantage in anticipation of slipping bullshit ideas into the mainstream- corporations are people, money is speech, etc.
We've got the numbers, most of the time. They've got 'Lawyers, Guns and Money', to quote Warren Zevon. That's not going to change, but how we fight back should. And much of it should be in effective use of the courts.