The only way to stop Trump is to actually DEFEND government involvement...

[Ken Burch]

...in healthcare, housing, environmental protection, human rights, financial regulation and labor law.

Proudly, passionately, without apology.

And we must be willing to propose a greater government and non-profit role where needed.

In this country, government involvement, against market forces if need be, is the only way to defend democracy, compassion, and any notion of fairness.

Any efforts to split the difference or meet the anti-government and anti-democracy types halfway will destroy us as a party and guarantee a Trump landslide in 2020.

There is no middle ground on this.

[dchill]

1. Well, that's absolutely true.

The purpose of government is to serve the people, not to destroy itself, and the "less fortunate" (which is usually synonymous with "less crooked&quot

[Scarsdale]

2. Why wait?

Throw the traitors out in 2018, then finish the job in 2020. If the politicians are afraid to face constituents, what are they hiding? Are they really ASHAMED of themselves? If not they should be. Get them off the taxpayer payrolls, let them find REAL jobs, without the great perks.

[Ken Burch]

3. Didn't say we SHOULD wait.

The message of the OP is part of all that.