Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson wants Democrats to stop saving Republicans from themselves. I know Rick Wilson is not our friend, but I think he's right here when it comes to what it's going to take to get through to a bunch of Trump's base on the damage the Republican Party is doing to all of us.

Here's the back and forth with Wilson and MSNBC's Ali Velshi, discussing how Democrats should be handling this impasse with Trump right now:

VELSHI: In a Substack post this week, you published it right before the shutdown, you wrote, "The consultants, pollsters, and focus group whisperers have told Democratic leadership they need to fight for the Obamacare ACA insurance benefit because it polls well. I'm sure it does. Happens to be right thing to do, but not the right thing to do right

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