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Who Will Lead the Democratic Party Out of the Wilderness?
Democrats need a hero.
President Donald Trump’s congressional address last week — the first of his new term — ruffled plenty of Democratic Party feathers in Washington.
The response of Congressional Democrats to the speech — color-matching outfits, strange outbursts, and small signs — has since become the major news story.
Criticism of Democratic Party antics is flying thick and fast from both sides of the media landscape.
“Democrats rage against the Trump machine. Will they ever learn?” lampooned Nicole Russell for USA TODAY. “Democratic leaders refuse to learn lessons about why they lost in November. Instead, they continue to cling desperately to progressive positions that most Americans don’t agree with.”
“They acted like third graders who didn’t get picked for the dodgeball team at recess,” concluded Russell. “How embarrassing.”
“Democrats Locked in Their Own Hell,” John Kass agreed for his eponymous news column over the weekend. “What is the Democrat message? Do they even know?”
“They didn’t do a damn thing except scream,” Kass laughed. “And their childish foot stomping was on display for all the world to see last week at President Trump’s Congressional address. They wore costumes. They…