Dems unified in opposition to Trump, but what comes next?
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump is a unifying force for Democrats, bringing together disparate factions in opposition to nearly every presidential move.
But solidarity — at least for now — doesn’t necessarily add up to a strategy that can help Democrats win more elections after a precipitous slide from power in Congress and around the country.
“We have been right and successful in saying ‘no’ when he wants to drive the Titanic into the iceberg,” said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Now, Inslee said, “we have to take actions that show we can drive in forward and not in reverse.”
The biggest challenge, several party figures said in recent interviews, is translating their opposition to specific Republican policies — Trump’s immigration restrictions, nixing the Affordable Care Act, a promised tax overhaul and any changes to Social Security and Medicare — into a coherent explanation of what Democrats want to do for voters. The list ranges from anti-Trump protesters to the white working-class voters in the Rust Belt and other presidential battlegrounds.