Article snippet: MORE is set to ramp up his rhetoric at a rally in Greenville, N.C., on Wednesday evening. Democrats, in turn, are weighing how to respond. They almost uniformly believe there is a moral imperative to hit back at what they see as blatant racism on Trump’s part. But they also want to avoid getting into a fight on his preferred territory of visceral, race-based appeals — especially if doing so would take the spotlight off topics such as health care and the economy, where they believe they hold the advantage. “Being righteous and losing sucks,” one Democratic strategist fretted, asking for anonymity to speak candidly. “If people really want their vengeance on Trump, beat him.” On Wednesday morning, Trump tweeted that he would talk at the rally about “people who love, and hate, our country.” The reference to hatred was yet another contentious allusion to four Democratic congresswomen whom he took aim at on Twitter on Sunday. Trump also indicated be believes the battle is good for his political brand, telling the Daily Mail he’s pleased with the fallout. “Well, let's put it this way,” Trump said in an interview with DailyMail.com “I’m not unhappy.” Trump’s original attack has been widely condemned as racist, including by some Republicans. Trump wrote of the four minority congresswomen that they should “go back” to the “crime-infested places from which they came." The four women are on the left of the Democratic Party and refer to themselves as the squad: Reps. MORE... Link to the full article to read more