Ever since Donald Trump won the 2016 election, people have been asking me who Democrats could - and/or should - put up against him when, presumably, he seeks re-election in 2020. Why? Because the way Trump won was by casting himself as the ultimate outsider to a political system that lots and lots of Americans - in both parties - hate.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. laughs as he asks questions of and jokes with Energy Secretary-designate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at Perry's confirmation hearing before the committee.
Ever since Donald Trump won the 2016 election, people have been asking me who Democrats could - and/or should - put up against him when, presumably, he seeks reelection in 2020. Why? Because Trump won by casting himself as the ultimate outsider to a political system that lots and lots of Americans - in both parties - hate.
All it took was a threat to the way every single federal government department operates, or whether it exists at all. First Franken interrogated his Senate colleague, Jeff Sessions , about the now-you-see-it, now-you-don't magic act of the would-be attorney general's record on civil rights.
... to lie and the fact that he's a racist, sexist bully who may also be fairly unintelligent. But he also has some weird and disturbing personality tics that are less frequently mentioned, but which nonetheless give us the heebie jeebies. Trump has ...