Opinion | When Republicans Go Low …

The query I might 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, possibly 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 precise 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 little bit the way in which they flip the web page. And this isn’t an awesome instance of Jimmy Carter after Watergate. They’re going to wish to say: I would like any person so clear, any person who respects authorities, any person who performs by the principles, who will uphold the norms that I keep in mind. And it appears to me that’s really a wiser play for Democrats. Now, I perceive the temptation. You possibly can’t hand away the Home in 2026. So I perceive the temptation. Nevertheless it appears to me the long-term play right here is to go excessive once they go low.