Can the Democrats win by trolling Trump?

Aug 29, 2025, 4:00 AM29 min

Refusing political ultimatums, sleeping on the Texas House floor in protest, parodying Trump’s tweets and setting up a website to sell merchandise that mocks the president. Is this all part of a winning strategy?

A fight over a redrawing of the congressional map in Texas united Democrats across the country. This week, we hear from the state representative Nicole Collier about why she slept on the House floor for two nights, and Jonathan Freedland speaks to the KQED reporter Marisa Lagos about why the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, sees an opportunity in fighting dirty