Give it a break, Bernie.

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137. Losing the congressional seats happened because Democrats stood for something.

Would you rather have a liar (republican) in office who takes every chance to damage your interests, or a person that stands on recognizable principles in office? When you answer that question badly, you get a Trump or Ilsa elected when they could have been defeated. Why chose protesting a beast and his policies over not letting him gain the office to begin with? People that can't see clear danger when it can be eliminated will spend time on less effective methods of mitigation, that is how I view protests, the time to stop Trump was on November 8 and early voting days in states that had early voting. Trump's Justice Department and republican led legislatures nationwide are working to make street protests difficult or outright illegal - the fact is they control the instruments of government and can do what they want, only limited by public tolerance to their tactics - already, they are working to stain all protestors with the actions of a tiny faction of protestors who show up with the intent of becoming violent - republicans will lie and get the general public to support them for a while, that is an oft repeated reality - the best course is to never give them power over the instruments of government through voting strategically.