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After dealing with Donald Trump for the better part of the last decade, it was not until Wednesday night that I finally understood the difference between my childhood and today. I credit Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for making that distinction clear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more From Cornyn to Paxton: How Trump helped accelerate the Texas GOP\u2019s transformation<\/a><\/p>\n

Springsteen rode into Washington, D.C., to play in the driving rain for 40,000 fans at Nationals Park with the energy of a 19-year-old \u2014\u00a0and the insight of a 76-year-old who lived through the same divisiveness I experienced as a child. His performance, according to Nils Lofgren, one of the guitarists in the 19-piece E Street Band, was a \u201cbrutally honest and melodic statement of Truth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To say that things have dramatically changed in the United States since I was a child in the 1960s is an understatement. It\u2019s not the gaping hole in the ground that used to be the White House\u2019s East Wing \u2013 which gives the unpleasant impression the executive mansion is rebuilding from a bombing. It\u2019s not the circus-like cage arena currently being built on the South Lawn for an upcoming UFC event. It\u2019s not the convicted felon who is our president, nor his proposed slush fund for those who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection. It\u2019s not the wars in Iran or Ukraine, nor is it the lazy malfeasance dominating Congress. It isn\u2019t even the daily acts of revenge Trump enacts against James Comey, E. Jean Carroll or any of his other imagined enemies. It\u2019s not the multiple assassination attempts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Twice in a span of 17 days in 1975, someone tried to kill President Gerald Ford \u2013 one of them was a woman named \u201cSqueaky\u201d who ran around with Charles Manson, the infamous mastermind of two politically motivated mass murders. Richard Nixon, while not convicted, was every bit the criminal Trump shows himself to be. The Vietnam War dominated the headlines every day for years. I remember multiple assassinations of politicians and moral leaders, and the Kent State massacre, when the National Guard fired on a group of unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam war.<\/span><\/p>\n

And therein lies the difference I can quantify. When Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young sang \u201cfour dead in Ohio,\u201d our neighbor, a Nixon fan, decried the group as a bunch of \u201cCommie hippies\u201d out to destroy the United States. The oldest son in that family, a similarly minded conservative, disagreed with the song, but he still loved the group. Music was a common thread in all of our lives. When Edwin Starr sang \u201cWar,\u201d we all knew it was worth absolutely nothing \u2014 even those who supported war felt that. There\u2019s little like that being sung today.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, I found myself wandering the halls of Congress. The House wasn\u2019t in session, which is often the best time to check in on staff who don\u2019t have their overlords hanging around. I was particularly curious about the members of Congress who have adorned the walls outside their offices with posters proclaiming their appreciation for the Capitol Police and law enforcement in general. \u201cBack the Blue\u201d and \u201cDefend Police\u201d signs hang alongside Charlie Kirk banners much like the posters you\u2019d see in high school student council races. My question was simple: Did those who proclaim their love for police support Trump\u2019s proposed slush fund for the insurrectionists who either pleaded guilty or were convicted by a jury of their peers for assaulting police and the Capitol on Jan. 6?<\/span><\/p>\n

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No staffer, of course, would comment. One said, with disdain, \u201cWhatever the president is for, is what we\u2019re for.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

No staffer, of course, would comment. One said, with disdain, \u201cWhatever the president is for, is what we\u2019re for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When I reminded them that Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie \u2014 both of whom were recently defeated in their respective primaries by opponents endorsed by the president \u2014 voted with Trump more than 90% of the time, they just sighed. \u201cLook what that got them,\u201d I said. No one had an answer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In one office I overheard a press secretary and a chief of staff talking about music. \u201cSpringsteen is in town Wednesday, are you going?\u201d one of them asked.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t like him anymore,\u201d the other replied. \u201cHe\u2019s got TDS.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both nodded at the mention of Trump Derangement Syndrome and quietly sighed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They think that even if they like someone\u2019s music they cannot admit it \u2014 because their president doesn\u2019t like it. That is the difference between yesterday and today. We\u2019re losing our independence not from force, but by acquiescence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Young reporters who stood in line with me to get their press passes renewed in a nearby Senate office were the reportorial equivalent of their congressional staff counterparts. I stood quietly listening to them talk about what they should wear, the best places to eat and how \u201coverwhelmingly jazzed\u201d they were to be in the Capitol. One of them said, with awe, they\u2019d even spotted a member of Congress recently. Another young reporter, describing themselves as a \u201csupervisor,\u201d spoke with their staff about the best nearby coffee spot \u2014 and the best shoes to wear while walking through the Capitol and congressional offices. There was no talk about holding powerful people accountable for their actions. It was the mind-numbing talk of people eager to go along to get along.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The banter became raucous enough that a staffer had to step out into the hall and tell them to quiet down. \u201cPeople are working in the adjacent offices,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The group quieted down like scandalized school children. \u201cMean,\u201d one of them said. Another was busy holding up their phone and described to an audience of close friends and followers what was going on. Inside the office, another veteran reporter, waiting to get their picture taken for their press pass, said to no one in particular, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m more upset because they were talking about nothing or because they got quiet so quickly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Another, sitting next to me, was equally sanguine. \u201cThey just have no idea why we\u2019re here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Reporters serving as fans in Congress, rather than speaking truth to that power, may be the way of the future as Trump recently proposed forcing federal workers to sign nondisclosure agreements. This means the president wants federal employees who work for the American people to no longer be responsible to us, the public \u2014 just to him. You do not have permission to like anyone but him. That action, combined with the ignorance of young reporters, will kill the Fourth Estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Democracy ended. Game over.<\/span><\/p>\n

For now, among those who remain cogent, it\u2019s all \u201csurvival mode,\u201d as a Republican congressman told me. \u201cWe\u2019ve been speaking about the president\u2019s danger privately, but we need to speak out publicly,\u201d he said \u2014\u00a0privately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Those who are now on the outside, like Cornyn and Massie, will be carrying the water for those in the GOP who have grown to loathe the president they once loved, instead of carrying water for Trump. The next six months are primed to be the end of Trump\u2019s overwhelming influence over Congress. Those like Cornyn and Massie, who supported Trump and have been abandoned and replaced, can certainly make a mess for the president and his agenda before they leave. Meanwhile, there\u2019s no guarantee that candidates who won the Republican primaries with Trump\u2019s help can win a general election. The president is counting on his word to guarantee continued success \u2014 no matter how depraved the party continues to become under his watch. Who will help?<\/span><\/p>\n

The press has failed. Congress has failed, and while some in the GOP may be experiencing \u201cbuyer\u2019s remorse\u201d with their decision to back Trump \u2014 Megyn Kelly\u2019s recent admission about Trump\u2019s corruption comes to mind \u2014 the divisive nature of our culture has kept anyone from capturing the national zeitgeist of revulsion many share about Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s where the \u201crighteousness of rock n\u2019 roll,\u201d as Springsteen described it Wednesday, comes into play. He is following the spirit of social awareness from the music of my youth, as well as his own musical past. \u201cBorn in the U.S.A.\u201d is as haunting today to listen to as it was when he first sang it in 1984.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBruce thought it was important to say something, to do something,\u201d Lofgren said. Four times during the course of a nearly three-hour set of 27 songs \u2014 that included gospel, rock and Woody Guthrie-inspired American folk music \u2014 Springsteen stopped the show and spoke directly to the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you\u2019re feeling helpless, if you\u2019re feeling hopeless, if you\u2019re feeling betrayed, if you\u2019re feeling frustrated, if you\u2019re feeling angry, I understand,\u201d Springsteen said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re here tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re feeling helpless, if you\u2019re feeling hopeless, if you\u2019re feeling betrayed, if you\u2019re feeling frustrated, if you\u2019re feeling angry, I understand,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re here tonight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou could hear a pin drop,\u201d Lofgren explained later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe needed to come to Washington and feel your strength and your hope and your faith,\u201d Springsteen continued onstage. \u201cWe needed to bring to your city some strength and some hope and some faith.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He talked about the darkening American dream, the mental pain of being distanced from neighbors, a corrupt Justice Department and how Trump has trashed the American ideal to protect his rich and powerful friends. If Woody Guthrie were alive today, he would have joined Springsteen. (After the show ended, concertgoers left the stadium to the sounds of Guthrie singing \u201cThis Land Is Your Land.\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n

Backstage, he talked about the need to \u201cSay something. Do something. Sing Something. Hell, that\u2019s what I do.\u201d He has said that so often that some concertgoers have it printed on a T-shirt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Donald Trump didn\u2019t divide us. We were already divided because of the internet, a failing media infrastructure and corporate greed. Trump just bottled and sold the divide, and capitalized on it to his benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of his own supporters may have started to see him for what he is, but the 40,000 plus people who filed into Nats Park took it a step further. Springsteen yelled for the crowd to sing their hardest so they could be heard at the White House several blocks away. They did. The E Street Band rose to the occasion with an unbelievable amount of energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the first time in a long time, it felt just like the time of civil unrest of my youth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Springsteen began the night talking about the disintegration of voting rights, the rise of hatred and a war in Iran that seems to have no end in sight. Then he broke into Edwin Starr\u2019s anthem, singing loudly: \u201cWar, what is it good for?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I got goose pimples on my arms. With that song I suddenly flashed back to Nixon\u2019s resignation. For the first time since Trump became president \u2014 as the rain poured down, as the fans cheered and Springsteen sang \u2014 I thought Trump just might be at the end of his leash.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the gig, members of the E Street Band gathered to celebrate at a local hotel bar. I had the opportunity to attend as well. Some, like Lofgren, are as old as Springsteen, but many of them were never around for the Vietnam War. I marveled at their energy, which seemed to feed off the audience and then infuse it with even more power. \u201cBruce is a unicorn,\u201d they said, praising his dynamic performance. But could any of it make a difference?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I certainly hope we make Trump miserable enough to leave,\u201d several of them said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I smiled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That would certainly be nice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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