The big Dem win in 2018, the wave that made Pelosi Speaker again, was based on needing a force to push back against Trump & defend the rule of law. Instead, it's cowardly politics as usual, granting Trump impunity for his crimes.
People didn't come out to vote in the midterms hoping that the Democratic leadership would tweet more angrily about Trump's abuses of power. This is a fight for American democracy and one side is surrendering.
The fantasy that any Democrat will easily beat Trump in 2020, and that this will make everything better, ignores the help he got last time and how much more power he has today in comparison.
You don't tell cancer that chemotherapy is off the table so you can rely on crystal healing. You fight for your life. Trump will, and this abuse with Ukraine is the smallest taste of what is to come.
