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Article snippet: WASHINGTON — Democrats, eager to capitalize on President Trump’s unpopular response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., are pursuing a potpourri of messages and legislative actions, trying to find a comeback that could buoy them ahead of next year’s midterm elections. On Thursday, the Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, published a lengthy opinion article calling on his party to focus on voting rights, and particularly on a legislative push to disband Mr. Trump’s “election integrity” panel, which Mr. Schumer called a “ruse” intended only “to disenfranchise voters.” The Democratic National Committee is pressing a broad activist campaign to rally supporters under the banner #RiseAndOrganize, but just what they are to rise against is unclear. The committee held more than 200 events this past weekend around the campaign. Then there is Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, who has focused much of his energy on legislation that would remove Confederate statues from the Capitol. And some House Democrats who are demanding a formal censure of the president. With control of neither the White House nor a chamber of Congress, all of these separate efforts threaten to dilute a unified message and keep Democrats sidelined from the debates sparked by Charlottesville. Some even question why so much attention is being paid to identity politics after Democrats lost an election to a presidential candidate who focused on populist economics. “I totally understand t... Link to the full article to read more