RELATING TO MY EARLIER POINT ABOUT ASYMMETRIC WARFARE: “This is why restoring trust and lowering polarization is really important for Democrats’ policy goals, since they want large expansions of the welfare state. When Democrats act to increase polarization and sow distrust, they will often make their social democratic aims less politically feasible. Unfortunately, Republicans lack the same incentives.”

And yet, Democrats are smashing norms and undermining institutions in the service of attacking Trump.