when the moderator asked something to the effect that "aren't you going into the gutter, isn't this beneath dignity". Trump has thrived on the very good bet that Dems will do the Michelle Obama thing ("When they go low, we go high" ) . Trump wins every time on those terms. Coincidentally, one notices that for the past year, Ms. Obama has stopped advocating that position -- mercifully. It is a loser and always was.
Anyway, Newsom's response was powerful, I thought. He immediately agreed it was undignified, and you could see the pain he felt in having to be undignified. And then he made it abundantly clear that there is no other way. He said "I hold a mirror up to Trump" and he implored everyone else to stop treating Trump as if he was a spoiled child that couldn't be disciplined or reasoned with.
I'm not going back through the whole video, but if somebody else finds that moment, kindly post the time-stamp. I think that was very revealing and poignant -- and a powerful message for us all. Anybody who is still saying we have to be above it all is just wrong. That does not work. We haven't any more time to keep to that losing path. We must fight. Time is running out.
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