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…And be okay with a negative attention that comes with being authentic. You’re going to have to have some of it, right? You cannot change American politics. You can’t change the Democratic Party if you’re not willing to upset people. Donald Trump reformed the Republican Party by willing able to fight Republicans. He ran against George W. Bush, against Jeb Bush, against Mitt Romney, against the trade deals, against a bunch of things that were understood to be sacred cows. Somehow this guy ran right after Mitt Romney and John McCain while attacking Mitt Romney and John McCain, right? If you are not, the Democratic Party does need to change. It needs to attain a different form because the Obama Coalition is exhausted. It’s done. It’s not going to be able to do that if it doesn’t have standard-bearers who are willing to say we were wrong about some things. We have to change our views on some things. We have to act differently and speak differently. Is there a degree to which the left uniquely attacks its own more intensely than maybe other parts of the political spectrum?…

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