The Election Was a Rebuke of Trump and Not Only Because He Has Failed to Deliver Economic Relief

>Democrats have been debating whether to take on Trump’s failure to deliver on his economic promises or his authoritarian agenda as its electoral strategy. But Spanberger’s, Mamdani’s, and Sherill’s wins, plus Newsom’s redistricting victory, suggest that the two issues are not separable. Authoritarians are bad for both liberty and the economy. A state hell bent on spreading terror can’t deliver widespread prosperity.

Yes, an all-of-the-above coalition is the best way to maximize our chances of defeating Trumpism. Democrats are plagued by a sense of self-curation when they’ve spent the last decade or more getting whipped by opponents who are a veritable font of contradictions. They have been effectively fighting themselves and the GOP at the same time.