MSNBC: Democrats need to stop acting like they're holding a losing hand [View all]

But when House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., addressed how the party will hold the Trump administration accountable for the needless intrusion of law enforcement into a congressional office, he said on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “We will make that decision in a time, place and manner of our choosing.”

With remarks like that, he might as well send a Hallmark card asking President Donald Trump politely to stop.

Comments like this are partly to blame for why many feel elected Democrats in Washington don’t have their finger on the pulse of their constituents. And if folks don’t feel it, they don’t believe it.

What we need instead is a sustained campaign-like drumbeat from the opposition. Not once a month. Not after a crisis has passed. Daily.