The sweeping criticism from the left of Congressional Democrats for their inaction in the face of the fierce, Trump directed assault on immigrants, government workers, and trans people in the first place suggests to me that these critics either follow politics from such a high altitude that it obscures from their sight what is actually happening on the ground. Or they are trapped in a worldview that operates on such a high level of abstraction that political categories and not live self acting people become their point of departure in their analysis of Democrats and much else.
In either case, it cripples the politics of those sections of the left and progressive movement who hope to make a difference in the developing struggles against Trump and MAGA across the country. It also reveals a misunderstanding of popular front/all people’s coalition.
