Then actually acknowledge the mistakes. There are 4 years of some pretty friggin big ones.

1) be honest about Trump's express cooperation with the Russians during the 2016 campaign

2) be honest about the findings of the Mueller Report

1/7 https://twitter.com/RonaldWeiser/status/1347955471450308615
3) be honest about the obstruction of justice delineated in the report

4) be honest about the call with prez of Ukraine

5) be honest it was impeachable

6) hold the House Rs accountable for their defense of Trump

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7) Say the Senate Rs failed to conduct a real trial

8) Acknowledge the atrocities committed by separating children from their parents at the border

9) Acknowledge the atrocities committed both by will and by neglect during these months of the COVID pandemic

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10) Acknowledge the months of deliberate lies about our election integrity and results

11) Acknowledge the deliberate attempts to thwart the actual election results

12) Acknowledge the shameful fealty to Putin and Russia

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13) Acknowledge the premeditated dangers of summing the crowd to Washington on January 6 after deliberately lying to them for months

14) Name Trump, Cruz, Hawley, and the rest's culpability in the failed insurrection

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15) Stand up for what's right with express intent and not platitudes

16) Sever ties with toxic kooks like Meshawn Maddock

17) Put your actions where your words are

18) Don't dance around the crazy and delusional people that have infested the party

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19) There are not good people on both sides. Placating or modifying the zealots and kooks is dangerous.

20) Only when people of goodwill and strong character stand up to the mass delusions of these past 4 years will the party - and America's politics - ever recover

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