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Eugene Robinson: Democrats must channel anti-Trump fervor into winning midterms

The remedy is not for progressives to choose their words oh-so-carefully and hope no one takes offense. It is to be loud and clear — and tough as nails — in fighting back.

(Evan Vucci | The Associated Press) President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in Fargo, N.D.

Washington • Let me get this straight. President Trump and his associates treat politics like a back-alley knife fight, but his critics are supposed to pretend it’s a garden party? I don’t think so.

Those who see the Trump administration as an abomination have many things to spend their time worrying about — most urgently, turning out a massive anti-Trump vote in the November election that gives Democrats control of one or both houses of Congress.