Democrats should pivot from institutional defense to institutional reform, proposing court reform, money-and-politics reform, and voting rights reform as affirmative platforms, building consensus at state and local levels, then nationalizing successful approaches.
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Ben RhodesEvidence Quote
“how do we become about reform you know what is a different kind of democratic system in this country look like and by the way you can be four things that might not pass the first year in your office that's fine Trump was for plenty of things in 2015 that seemed crazy and now nobody thinks it's weird that they're building a wall [27:15]”
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Ben Rhodes: The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy— Weatherhead Center for International AffairsCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:39:48 AM
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