Creating an excuse structure for basic partisanship invites the opposite party to do it as a response, which already crept into the 2020 Democratic primary as candidates promised executive orders and administrative actions to undo Trump’s actions. On the left, the existential threats from climate change, mass gun violence, and the human rights abuses of children held in cages at the border are sufficient emergencies to flatten anyone making structural objections to how a Democratic president might use the office. If Democrats use Trump techniques for their ends, it would invite a similar
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