Gavin Newsom, you’re better than that

Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif.

A spiteful and dangerous obsession has taken hold within the Democratic Party. Basically, it’s this: Donald Trump’s presidency poses such a unique threat to America’s democratic institutions that responding by acting honestly or decently is for chumps.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth put it this way: “I feel very strongly that we Democrats have been taking our time to go through the rule book saying, ‘Hey, you can’t do that. Hey, you can’t do that.’ Meanwhile, Republicans are shooting referees.