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So we managed to give him the equivalent of, what, a frowny face? A finger wag?
And he was voted back into office. Which means that as far as the voters were concerned, his behavior was acceptable. The ones who told him the first time that his behavior wasn't acceptable? They're gone now. They've resigned. They've been primaried. They've been replaced with MAGA sycophants who will be glad to respond to his behavior with thunderous applause while the ones who told him "no" the first time are now wondering if they're going to be a target on the Trump Revenge Tour.
And now we have states making it illegal to vote against their policies. We have the very real possibility of US citizens being shipped off to El Salvador. We have a federal government being purged of anyone who even might stand up to Trump happening in real-time. We have a federal government where Democrats not hold power in a single branch of government, and a Supreme Court that all but anointed Trump a king and have openly stated they intend to tip the scales in his favor because he deserves special treatment.
Like it or not, this is a fight that the Democrats cannot win right now. Fighting a losing battle under these circumstances isn't bravery. It's not sending a message. It's suicide. It is a battle that needs to be started from the ground up, taking advantage of small victories wherever we can get them. But as the saying goes, if you go after the king, you had best not miss. And going after the king when you're holding a half-empty squirt gun when that king is holding a nuke isn't going to work out very well for you.
It sucks, but sometimes doing nothing is the least bad option available to you while you wait for an actual opportunity to arise.