As early voting gets underway, here’s the political advice I’d plant in every Democratic candidate’s brain: If you couldn’t mention President Donald Trump for five minutes, could you still explain why Americans should vote for you?

It’s a question worth asking as Democrats fight to reclaim the House of Representatives.

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