With Graham Platner, Democrats Are Playing with Fire

On a recent episode of Hot Ones, the internet show in which celebrities give interviews while eating spicy chicken wings, Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost decided to cool his mouth down not with milk or water but with a glass of hot sauce. In other words, he’d “fight fire with fire.” It didn’t turn out too well.

Democrats have adopted a similar strategy, but it’s threatening to burn the party down.