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Democrats are finally done with the ‘high road’ – and hitting Trump where it hurts | Robert Reich
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Someone who has flouted US democratic norms as flagrantly as Trump does not deserve civility or respect
I’m glad Democrats are finally hitting back at Trump. Enough with the “high road”.
They’re calling him “weird”.
Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com
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