Democrats might finally have learned something about Donald Trump — if they hope to beat him, they must get down in the gutter alongside him.
Party leaders in powerhouse blue states on Monday vowed to emulate the president’s methods to create new Democratic-friendly seats in the House of Representatives in response to his bid to carve out five new GOP districts in Texas.
Their promises came as they celebrated Democratic Texas state lawmakers who suddenly became the fresh faces of the anti-Trump resistance after facing arrest warrants for fleeing the state in an exodus that ground a special legislative session called by the president’s allies to a halt.
This all might look like yet another twist in a generationslong struggle by both parties to gerrymander districts to get a leg up in elections. And some voters’ eyes might glaze over at what seems like an internal Texas tussle.
But the fight has profound national implications.
