Opinion | When Republicans Go Low …

The query I’d ask for E.J. is: Who was proper, Obama or Newsom? And I imply Michelle Obama. She had this well-known remark years and years in the past: “After they go low, we go excessive.” Gavin Newsom, perhaps it’s unfair to him, however the different various is once they go low, we go decrease. And so put apart morality. What’s the sensible factor for Democrats to do? It’s not apparent to me that sinking to the ethical degree of MAGA is the correct reply right here. It appears to me if individuals wish to flip the web page on this second, they’re going to wish to flip the web page in a bit of the best way they flip the web page. And this isn’t an incredible instance of Jimmy Carter after Watergate. They’re going to wish to say: I need any individual so clear, any individual who respects authorities, any individual who performs by the foundations, who will uphold the norms that I bear in mind. And it appears to me that’s truly a wiser play for Democrats. Now, I perceive the temptation. You may’t hand away the Home in 2026. So I perceive the temptation. However it appears to me the long-term play right here is to go excessive once they go low.