'Catastrophically wrong': Dem strategist warns party is woefully unready for next 4 years
6 days, 9 hours ago

'Catastrophically wrong': Dem strategist warns party is woefully unready for next 4 years

Raw Story  

In less than three weeks, President-elect Donald Trump will be serving his second term and he will be joined in Washington by small GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress. In a sobering op-ed published by The Hill Thursday, Democratic strategist Max Burns argues that members of his party are woefully unprepared for Trump's second term and the assault on U.S. democracy it will bring. "In his second term," Burns warns, "expect Trump to push his personality cult as far as it can go — and for Democrats to once again underestimate their adversary. Burns continues, "Trump knows he speaks for these people, and he's awarded his base voters' loyalty with a series of increasingly outlandish and aggressive statements, from a promise to seize Panama and Greenland to his more serious intention to pardon nearly 1000 federal criminals behind bars for their roles in the violent January 6 attack on the Capitol." The Democratic strategist stresses that Trump's promise to "prosecute his political opponents," including former Rep. Liz Cheney and outgoing U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, must not be taken lightly.

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Raw Story  

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

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LA Times  

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1 year, 4 months ago

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Huff Post  

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The Independent  

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1 year, 5 months ago

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NPR  

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Al Jazeera  

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2 years ago

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Raw Story  

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2 years ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Raw Story  

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Raw Story  

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Salon  

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ABC  

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3 years, 8 months ago

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Cheney could be ‘toast’ in fight with Trump over GOP future
3 years, 8 months ago

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Associated Press  

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