How should we deal with Democrats who cross the party divide? [View all]

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Since the election, most of the leadership in the party has fallen all over themselves to show their "reasonableness." I have seen Democrat after Democrat come out and talk about how they plan to work with the Trump Administration in areas where there is agreement. However, this ignores how Republicans have acted over the past eight years with Obama in the White House. Even in areas where there was explicit agreement, they ran in the opposite direction. I remember early on in Obama's Presidency roughly seven Republican Senators were sponsoring a "PayGo" bill. They were sponsoring the bill in response to the Stimulus package. Obama reached out, embraced PayGo, and immediately they all abandoned it.

I mean, holy fuck, look at what they did to Charlie Crist in Florida for fucking hugging Obama, or how ballistic they went when Chris Christy accepted Obama's visit and Federal support after Hurricane Sandy. Just fucking touching Obama was enough to get a Republican expelled from the party.

Now, look at us. Look at the party and the leadership in the aftermath of this election. Ask yourself this question: How would Republicans have acted if they had won the popular vote by nearly 3 Million Votes, lost the electoral college by a mere 80,000 votes across three states, and there was clear evidence that the Russian government intervened to aid the Democratic Party candidate. Add to this that the candidate is putting together one of the most extreme cabinets in history, and just for fun, the candidate's personal business interests makes the candidate so ethically compromised that just taking the oath of office should provoke a Constitutional crisis.

Would Republicans be falling over themselves to grant such a Democratic candidate legitimacy, or would we have already progressed to open warfare by this point? Donald Trump spent YEARS doing everything he could to delegitimize Obama by advancing a conspiracy theory around his place of birth. Why are we so eager to help him become legitimate? Why are we not demanding Trump make concessions in his nominating process since he lost the popular vote by such a large margin? Why is the fight to flip electors left to small (but patriotic) outside groups? Why is there not open warfare over the fact that the Republicans purposefully held open a Supreme Court seat so that they could fill it?

Imagine how the media would react if we held open a Supreme Court seat so that we could fill it. Imagine how the Republicans would react!

Why are we not fighting? How should we deal with Democrats who cross the party divide to make nice with Republicans and Donald Trump?