Democrats took the road less traveled with this strategy — and it seems to be working

Whatever sane Republicans remain in office, they remain largely enablers of the party's anti-democracy majority. [View in browser]( [Image]( September 28, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] Democrats took the road less traveled with this strategy — and it seems to be working]( by Michael A. Cohen This election season, Democratic leaders have taken some criticism – even from inside their own party – for trying to defeat the few Republican candidates willing to stand up to Donald Trump. "Last week, however," [writes Michael A. Cohen](, "congressional Republicans proved that, from a good governance standpoint, Democrats were justified in their political strategy." Faced with the Presidential Election Reform Act, which would protect American elections from the kind of machinations that followed the 2020 election, House Republican leadership urged their members to vote against the bill. No matter how courageously anti-Trump any sane Republican might be, Cohen [points out](, the fact is "they are members of a party that is fundamentally irredeemable." Each one will almost certainly be one more vote for Republican leadership — "another enabler of the GOP's anti-democracy caucus." Read Michael A. Cohen's [full analysis](//link.msnbc.com/click/29196529.96456/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi9qLXItbWFqZXdza2ktcy1hZmdoYW5pc3Rhbi1saWVzLXNob3ctYmlnZ2VyLWdvcC1wcm9ibGVtLW4xMjk5MDU5P2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIwOTI4JnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B45724cdb//link.msnbc.com/click/29196529.96456/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi93aHktdHJ1bXAtcy1zcGVjaWFsLW1hc3Rlci1wbGF5LW1heS1ub3QtZGVsYXktZmJpLW4xMjk5MDA2P2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIwOTI4JnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B0daeec06//link.msnbc.com/click/29196529.96456/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi92aXJnaW5pYS1lbGVjdGlvbi1pbnRlZ3JpdHktcGxhbi1yZXB1YmxpY2FuLWdvdmVybm1lbnQtd2FzdGUtbjEyOTg4NDc_Y2lkPWVtbF9tZGFfMjAyMjA5MjgmdXNlcl9lbWFpbD1kN2RjNzQ1MTcyOTdiMzk3MWFhMTRkNmYzMzExMzVhMDg3OGY4ZjY0MGZhMWExMDE5ZjE1N2I2NWMxYjVkZDFk/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B9b53e9ad in your Wednesday [MSNBC Daily](. 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