Peter Daou: To fight this, Obama, Clinton, Sanders, Dem leaders must unite—and go beyond all norms

Democratic strategist Peter Daou is known to go against the grain of status quo politics. On Friday night, he took to Twitter with three tweets that challenge Democratic and Independent leaders, past and present.

“HONESTY: I don't see the Democratic Party rising to the level of intensity and resistance required by these times. The GOP sees that and is running roughshod over American norms and values. STEP IT UP DEMS. You were elected to protect the Constitution.”

HONESTY: I don't see the Democratic Party rising to the level of intensity and resistance required by these times. The GOP sees that and is running roughshod over American norms and values. STEP IT UP DEMS. You were elected to protect the Constitution.

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) June 16, 2018

Daou suggests ways Democratic leaders can do more and calls upon on Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to “stand together” and “lead the fight” against the blatant Trump/GOP tyranny.

“DEM LEADERS: Hold a die-in at the Capitol. Walk out en masse. Go on a hunger strike. Try every procedural maneuver in the book. Swarm the media with a unified message that America will not go down this ugly path. DO SOMETHING.

And this is the time for leaders with maximum name recognition, like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, to stand together and speak with one voice, leading the fight against these egregious Republican transgressions.”

And this is the time for leaders with maximum name recognition, like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, to stand together and speak with one voice, leading the fight against these egregious Republican transgressions.

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) June 16, 2018

It’s been said that these are extraordinary times and thus call for extraordinary and measures—Peter Daou is challenging Democratic leaders to do just that.