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In reply to the discussion: Poll: Americans want Democrats to work with Trump [View all]jmowreader
(53,488 posts)Asking two more questions could have been informative.
Question 1: Do you define "Democrats and Republicans working together" as "members of the two parties sitting down as equals and negotiating solutions that will benefit everyone"?
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Question 2: Do you define "Democrats and Republicans working together" as "Republicans create solutions with no input from Democrats, and the Democrats approving those solutions without question"?
In the current political environment, "working together" to Trump means "you give me everything I want exactly the way I want it exactly when I want it, or I'll destroy your career with a nasty tweet, go around you with an executive order, then jump on a plane to Mar-a-Lago to sulk." That's dictatorship, not bipartisanship...eventually Trump is going to overstep his bounds far enough that even the Republicans will have to admit he's turned into Idi Amin.