U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton discusses how Democrats can effectively counter the Trump administration's agenda and regain electoral success.
With President-elect Donald Trump heading back to the White House, and Republicans holding majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, members of Massachusetts' all-Democratic congressional delegation are facing the next two years in the minority. U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a Salem Democrat and moderate, argues that compromise is the best way to push back against Trump's agenda.
On this week's electoral college count that certified Donald Trump will be the country's next president: 'It's amazing that when Trump wins an election, there's a peaceful transition of power. But when he loses, all of a sudden, most of the Republican party goes against our Constitution, goes against our democracy, and literally tells millions of Americans that their votes don't count. That's un-American, it's undemocratic, and it's a frightening precedent that was set for the future of our country. But what's worse is if Trump comes into office and pardons these criminals, that sends the message that this is OK — that if you don't like the result of a future election, you can start an insurrection to try to overturn it.'' First, there's the question of just how we fight the extremist Trump agenda in Washington over the next two years. But then there's also the question of how we start winning elections again, so that we can win the midterms two years from now and ensure that there's a check on power. 'We can't just oppose everything, or we'll lose on everything. We've got to pick our battles, and we've got to be willing to put forward bipartisan compromise solutions that are better alternatives than his most extremist plans, because if we do that, we might win a few Republican votes over to our side and derail the worst parts of the Trump agenda. But if we just stick in our ideological corner, refusing to compromise on anything, then Trump will just jam everything through Congres
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