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This is a self-fulfilling prophecy: Far too many Democrats don’t want to think of themselves as fighters

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56% Informative

Frida Ghitis : Democrats should have found their sea legs by now.

She says they need a party that will fight Trump 's ideological beartrap with everything at its disposal to help people pry themselves loose.

Ghitis says far too many Democrats don’t want to think of themselves as fighters. This is a self-conception that has some deep historical roots, she says.

Frida Ghitis : Democrats should not sit around and wait for things to change.

She says they should be 24 -7 pit bulls on RFK Jr. to become Health and Human Services secretary, hold weeklyRFK Watch’s ” press conferences.

Ghitis says Democrats are passive and timorous in the face of public opinion that isn’t squarely in their corner, but Republicans try to change that.

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61

Informative language

63

Neutral language

26

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

39

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

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short-lived

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