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Is there any way that this can be perceived positively as Democrats giving themselves permission to join Trump in ignoring previous political norms to get positive things done?
Such hopefulness is very sweet and endearing. Bless.
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I don't think I am hopeful really. There don't seem to be any positive outcomes. Trump seems to have broken the core political system in a country that had become increasingly divided and partisan. We saw something similar here with Johnson but we seem to have clawed our way back towards sense in government, albeit with an emboldened far-right.
ffm
This is the question for me: does this mark the end of Democrats "going high"? If this means that they are going to degrade the office in pursuit of their personal goals, does it mean that they'll also do it in pursuit of their political goals? Is there any way that this can be perceived positively as Democrats giving themselves permission to join Trump in ignoring previous political norms to get positive things done?