FRANK BRUNI: Trump wishes he was running against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 -- It's better to run against four people than against one. Four are more readily turned into an idea. A symbol. And what do Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Aynna Pressley symbolize? They suggest in aggregate that the future of both the Democratic Party and the country belongs as much to women and to people of color as to anyone else. Trump is betting that Americans threatened by that will be scared enough to drive up the turnout for him. He's wagering, too, that enough voters whose allegiances aren't predetermined will balk at that -- and will overlook his administration's dysfunction and his own indecency -- to keep him in the White House.
