How Democrats Are Learning to Be Obstructionists

Published March 13, 2017 5:34pm ET



The New York Times Magazine’s Charles Homans has an in-depth look at the rapid evolution of Democratic resistance to the Trump administration.

After the election of President Trump, Homans relays, there was internal disagreement within the party on just how wide their members’ opposition to the new president should stretch. Ronald Klain, the former chief of staff to Vice Presidents Al Gore and Joe Biden, advocated blanket obstructionism termed the “Hundred-Day Fight Club”. Others, like party stalwart Rahm Emanuel, took a different tack. The disagreements played out during a gathering hosted by David Brock outside Miami the week of Trump’s inauguration.

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