Democratic leaders rarely have moments of vindication these days. The party is completely out of power at the national level. Its brand is in the toilet, if not the sewer. In March only a quarter of registered voters viewed the party positively, a figure that reflected not just Republican opposition and independents’ indifference but broad displeasure among Democrats. The party’s base may be activated—seven million people took to the streets over the weekend to protest President Trump’s increasingly authoritarian administration—but there is still widespread grassroots frustration with the people leading it.