Why don't Democrats wait and see what President Trump can get accomplished instead of trying to destroy him before he even gets started?

Why don't democrats wait and see what Trump can get accomplished instead of trying to destroy him before he even gets started?

Since I am not a Democrat - lifelong libertarian here, who has never voted for either a Republican or a Democratic candidate for any elected office - I do not have a dog in this fight. However, adopting a "wait and see" attitude towards the Talented Mister Trump is not a viable option for any rational and compassionate individual. If ever there was a Niemöller moment in American history, that moment is now, as American democracy is currently under siege by a strongman authoritarian who has already done irreparable harm to the reputation of a democratic republic that was once almost universally seen as a shining city on a hill.

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemöller (1892-1984)

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