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January 20, 2017      5:22 PM

Smith: We Will Respect Trump When Trump Respects Us

QR’s Liberal Columnist Glenn W. Smith argues that Trump’s disdain for many Americans is reason enough to undercut his policies

On the morning of Donald Trump’s inaugural (shudder), MSNBC’s Chris Matthews tweeted, “I love what @alfranken said about the role of democratic opposition this AM. It’s to challenge Trump – not undercut him.”

I didn’t hear Sen. Al Franken say that, but I assume he must have. But whatever in the world could Franken and Matthews mean?

Isn’t it the righteous work of the Democratic opposition to undercut policies we view as anti-human and anti-democratic? Isn’t undercutting Trump the most patriotic service we can provide to our nation?

The full column by Glenn W. Smith is in our R&D Department.

By Glenn W. Smith

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