Trump just handed Democrats their midterm message - Emanuel WaPo

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3. I'm all for trying to make it as difficult as possible for them, but realistically,

They *will* enact a ludicrous law that screws ordinary people in order to make the tax cuts for the rich permanent.

They will quibble about details, and there may be a bit of drama, but eventually, the republicans will fall in line and pass something that's 98% what's already on the table.

They have trifecta and they simply can't fail to pass something hideous. They all know it would be a disaster for them to disappoint their backing billionaires. Some of the billionaires don't care about anything other than this one bill. They bought this congress so those cuts could be made permanent. It's going to happen.

We shouldn't "let" it happen, but in practice, we can't stop it from happening. The best we can do is slow them down, make it as awkward as possible for them, and get some good talking points out of it.