There’s a large and obvious disconnect in the Democratic Party strategy for combatting Donald Trump this year and in the 2026 midterms. Democratic elites and many activists (not to mention millions of No Kings protesters!) are convinced the 47th president is engaged in an authoritarian power grab that could entrench his kind of politics for a long time to come. But again and again, party strategists keep telling Democrats not to talk much about it.

The spanking new “Deciding to Win” report from the Democratic Establishment group Welcome PAC makes this prescription repeatedly:

Convince voters that we share their priorities by focusing more on issues voters do not think our party prioritizes highly enough (the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety), a

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