Democrats need to understand who the enemy of the people is. It is not Donald Trump; It is the entire Republican Party. I have been amused by the various diaries on this site blasting trump for this or that. I have also been amazed at various commentators advocating or talking about the impeachment of Donald Trump. People who are advocating impeachment have to understand they are advocating for a President Pence who I believe will be many times worse than a President Trump from a policy perspective.
I think it is in the Democrats best interest to not make the mistake of Hillary Clinton who campaigned against Donald Trump in particular instead of campaigning against the Republican Party in general. One consequence of her campaign’s message was that it signaled to voters that it was ok to vote for other Republican Candidates that were not named Trump.
Democrats must realize that we should not just be demonizing Trump, we should lump Trump in with the entire Republican Party and the party’s agenda of killing Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, privatizing the VA and privatizing social security. We need to stop talking about the racism, bigotry and sexism of Trump. He has won the election despite all that talk. Now is the time to take him on on his policies as it affects the middle class. We need to start talking about the government of billionaires by billionaires and for billionaires every day. We need to talk about the grandma killing policies of the Paul Ryan and the republican party. We need to talk about how Trump is inheriting an unemployment rate under 5%.
So I think the strategy for Democrats going forward is to not only be the opposition and obstructing party, but we must direct our efforts not just to Trump but to the entire Republican Party. Maybe if we are lucky, we could win back the senate.