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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Boycotting Trump Supporters
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Opinion | Canceling Trump Alumni
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Supporters and protesters of President Donald Trump stand outside the
Trump International Gold in Sterling, Va., Nov. 8.
Photo: andrew caballero-reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Before the election, some Democrats were salivating over the idea of
prosecuting Trump Administration officials. Elizabeth Warrenproposed a
Justice Department task force to target the outgoing Administration.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich in October called for a “Truth and
Reconciliation Commission.”
Assuming Republicans hold their Senate majority, the most vindictive
Democratic officials may find it hard to be confirmed for top positions
in a Biden Justice Department. Yet even if they can’t corrupt the legal
system, some progressives want to harness their cultural power to punish
public officials who served the country over the last four years.
Last Friday former Democratic National Committee Press Secretary Hari
Sevugantweeted that “employers considering [Trump White House staff]
should know there are consequences for hiring anyone who helped Trump
attack American values.” He shared a link to a new website called “The
Trump Accountability Project”—apparently an initiative to make
unemployable anyone associated with the Trump Administration or campaign.
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez called in a tweet for “archiving these
Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity
in the future.” Does she want them to wear a scarlet “T” on their chest?
Let’s hope this fanaticism has limited reach. So far Joe Biden has set a
good example, declaring that President Trump’s supporters “are not our
enemies. They are Americans.” Yet we’ve learned in recent years not to
underestimate the left’s ability to intimidate corporations,
universities, nonprofits, media and other institutions. Some may block
Trump officials they might otherwise hire to avoid revolts by
progressive young employees.
That would be a shame—less for the Trump alumni than for the country.
Most of these officials are patriots. They helped navigate
foreign-policy changes in Asia and the Middle East. They helped steer
economic and regulatory policy to faster growth and through a
pandemic-induced recession. At critical moments, they also restrained
Mr. Trump’s worst excesses.
Americans should be grateful that someone was willing to take these
jobs. More than 71 million Americans voted for Mr. Trump this year,
after some 63 million did the first time. Voting in such numbers is a
sign of democratic legitimacy that the left claims to respect. If
liberals try to banish former Trump officials from civil society, we’ll
know their pining for a less divisive politics was a calculating lie.
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