Democrats to plot anti-Trump strategy -- in Congress and at the polls -- in Baltimore [View all]

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By David Weigel and Mike DeBonis February 7 at 7:44 PM

House Democrats are heading to Baltimore on Wednesday morning for three days of soul-searching and strategizing after a winless month on the Hill.

The annual issues conference, House Democrats’ first with control of neither Congress nor the White House since 2006, is more introspective and less star-studded than previous years. On Wednesday, Democrats will hear from author Bryan Stevenson; on Thursday, from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; and on Friday they’ll close the conference with Chelsea Handler, whose Netflix interview series “Chelsea” has frequently focused on politics.

In between, they’ll sit for panels and strategy sessions about how to oppose President Trump with an agenda of their own.

“We’ve got to have some honest conversations,” said Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), who rang warning bells about how her party was on track to lose blue states in the Midwest.

“We’ll fight Trump where we gotta fight him, press back where we gotta press back, but then we gotta keep pivoting to what our vision for the country is,” said Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who mounted a failed bid against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi after the 2016 defeat. “I think people are gonna get whiplash with Trump.”

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