Letter to the editor: Focus on winning issues, not Trump

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order as Vice President Mike Pence looks on at the White House in Washington, DC on January 20, 2017. 

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US President Donald Trump signs an executive order as Vice President Mike Pence looks on at the White House in Washington, DC on January 20, 2017. 

Stewart B. Epstein

I seem to find myself to be in the minority in today’s national Democratic Party.
 
I disagree with the tendency of most Democrats (including political candidates for Congress and those in the news media) to constantly bash Donald Trump over his obnoxious personality and his divisive comments.
 
As very conservative “Morning Joe” Scarborough has said on his MSNBC show, when Democrats talk about Trump it just makes his supporters angrier and more protective of him, while corroborating their paranoid belief that the Democrats and the liberal part of the media are out to get Trump.
 
Rather, as Joe suggests, Democrats need to focus on their values and telling the people how the federal government can make life better for all Americans.
They don’t seem to realize that most Americans agree with them in that we need to protect the safety-net programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, College Student Loans and Unemployment Insurance Benefits.
 
The focus should be on these winning issues, not trashing Trump.