'Democrats’ real problem is that Nancy Pelosi is their true face' [Opinion Of The Day]

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Post Editorial Board: Democrats’ real problem is that Nancy Pelosi is their true face

"It’s come to this: For leadership that doesn’t repel a majority of Americans, Democrats need to recruit someone who doesn’t represent the truth about their party." (New York Post)

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Frank Bruni: After Georgia Election, Democrats Are Demoralized, Again

"Democrats came up empty-handed nonetheless. So a party sorely demoralized in November is demoralized yet again — and left to wonder if the intense anti-Trump passion visible in protests, marches, money and new volunteers isn’t just some theatrical, symbolic, abstract thing." (The New York Times)

Bill Press: Worse Than Nixon

"The difference is that Watergate was about a second-rate burglary; Kremlingate’s about a foreign adversary trying to steal a presidential election. Kremlingate is just like Watergate, in other words. Only worse." (The Hill)

Daniel Lee: We Need Guns Before the Cops Arrive

"The inconvenient fact that laws aimed at restraining criminals are only obeyed by non-criminals was vividly demonstrated in this case. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R., Ga.) reported that his aide “back in Georgia, carries a 9mm (pistol) in his car. . . . He had a clear shot at him, but here we’re not allowed to carry any weapons.” (The Wall Street Journal)

Photo: White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a reporter during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 12. Photo credit: AP Photo/Susan Walsh