As Democrats chose to shut down the government instead of rubber-stamping Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Contemptible Act , one thing should be clear: They had no choice.

It’s time to fight. Long past time. If not now, as the millenia-old call to action warns, when?

The questions now are whether Dems are risking too much — I vote no — or whether they’re making this shutdown too much about policy and not enough about Trump’s daily assault on American lives — I vote yes — not to mention Trump’s daily assault on American democracy.

Dems dodged a fight back in March, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries caved to Trump, saying it wasn’t the right time for a shutdown battle, enraging the progressive wing of the party and also tens of millions of rank-and-file D

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