Anand Giridharadas Slams Dem Leaders for Not Defending Americans in the ‘Middle of an Autocratic Takeover’

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GIRIDHARADAS: “But right now, the top leaders of the Democratic Party, I don’t expect the revolution to come from them, but the top leaders of the Democratic Party need to stop being milquetoast. I'll be very specific. Last night, Rachel Maddow's show, Leader Jeffries is on the show. Tell me if I’m wrong, you can @ me on any social media platform if I’m wrong. I don’t think any American watching that interview with Leader Jeffries would have come away feeling defended deep in their heart in the middle of an autocratic takeover by that high-ranking Democrat. It was full of legal terms as it relates to in terms of what — and it was full of — every time she gave him a chance to empathize with people who say he’s not doing enough, they’re not doing enough, every time she gave him that opportunity as a gifted interviewer that she is, instead of saying, 'Yeah, I can get why people feel that way about what we’re doing,' no, 'We’re doing this We don’t need any more steel in our spine.' Defensiveness and self-protection don’t — do not make an opposition. It is going to take a true fiery opposition that understands how deeply undefended Americans feel right now by this psychological onslaught by the abuser-in-chief and by his shadow president, and it’s going to take — if you are not one of the people with the mettle to stand up to an autocratic coup, get out of the way. There are so many other jobs. Become a lobbyist like you’re probably planning to do anyway in a few years. Accelerate that plan. Get out of the way for people who know how to stand up and are adequate to this moment."