Pundits say no Democratic presidential candidate excites voters. Perhaps it’s because voters other than Trumpists understand that any Democratic administration will protect health care, elections, the environment and national security better than Trump. Whose plan is best doesn’t matter when any plan is dependent on passage through Congress and court challenges. What matters is protection of the Democratic House majority and election of a Democratic Senate majority to support a Democratic president. To achieve this, Democrats have to stop presenting themselves as the party of rainbows and unicorns and realize the Republicans wage a bar fight.
Democrats have to hit hard on serious misconduct, lies, obstruction of courts and Congress, and election interference among Republicans at every level. Tom Steyer’s ads call out the president. The other candidates act as genteel as Alice in Wonderland at the Mad Hatter’s tea party.
Democrats must remind voters daily that since 2017 Trump has spent 1 out of 5 days golfing and 337 days at a Trump facility, taken 242 outings, spent $588,000 renting golf carts and cost us $3.4 million on every trip to Mar-a-Lago, according to MSNBC. He won’t disclose the emoluments received by housing Secret Service at his resorts, nor release his tax forms. He has alienated our allies. These are facts.
Any Democratic candidate who hits hard on every Trump misdeed will inspire voters. We who pay taxes and try to do right want a candidate who insists forcefully and frequently that no one is above the law.
CHRISTINE HAGUE
Weare