No, ‘playing dead’ is the last thing Democrats should be doing | Megan Romer

Party insiders are trying to make the case for doing nothing against Trump. That's a colossal mistake

In a recent New York Times Op-Ed, Democratic super-consultant James Carville boldly called for the most radical thing [Democrats] can do" - nothing at all. Standing over the putrefying carcass of three-day-old road kill, thinking we don't notice the fur sticking to the bumper of his F-150, this man is pointing at the rotting heap and screaming Don't move!"

His argument is simple and incredibly dangerous: give the Republicans enough rope to hang themselves and they will do it. Their inability to govern, he argues, is self-evident and when they shut down enough social programs, people will notice and Democrats can swoop in and save the day.

Megan Romer is the national co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America