America’s Quisling Problem

Sinema and Manchin are Betraying American Democracy in its Greatest Test Yet

The Democrats have a big problem, and it isn’t the Trumpists. It’s the quislings. Don’t worry, I’ll come to what that strange word means. For now, think of it as two big problems, to be exact, and their names are Sinema and Manchin. What can be done — or is American democracy destined to die, or at least be mortally wounded, by two figures with altogeth…