The government shutdown that began Wednesday might have been one of the most anticlimactic developments yet: President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans were never going to negotiate, and Democrats had just about every incentive to obstruct.

And fueling that Democratic motive is a furious base, begging their leaders to mount a more visible and inspiring opposition to Trump. They already think Democrats blew it once when they provided the votes to pass a Republican spending bill back in March to avoid one shutdown. Caving again would be unforgivable.

The truth, however, is that Democrats, both in and outside of Congress, actually have tried to resist and obstruct the Trump administration’s second-term agenda. But they haven’t been flashy or high-profile.

Broadly, this resistance

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