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By Kelly Riddell<\/span> – The Washington Times<\/span><\/p>\n ANALYSIS\/OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday night, Sen. Elizabeth Warren<\/a> was silenced on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.<\/p>\n Mr. McConnell ordered Ms. Warren<\/a> to stop talking, saying she impugned the character of a fellow senator, Jeff Sessions \u2014 a violation of chamber rules \u2014 by reading a letter from Coretta Scott King, the late wife of Martin Luther King Jr., that accused Mr. Sessions of working to intimidate elderly black voters.<\/p>\n It was an unsavory move \u2014 to condemn a sitting senator, of whom Ms. Warren<\/a> has had no qualms with until he was appointed as attorney general.<\/p>\n After her microphone was cut off, Ms. Warren<\/a> took to Facebook and continued reading the letter. She then started the hashtag #shepersisted on Twitter, got it trending, and then appeared on as many cable talk shows as she could on Wednesday morning to speak about the injustice.<\/p>\n It was all political theater to help launch her presidential run for 2020 \u2014 and I love it. Keep talking, Ms. Warren<\/a> \u2014 bully those Democrats into becoming more progressive.<\/p>\n For Ms. Warren<\/a>\u2019s ultra-liberal politics are going to be a hard sell in states like North Dakota, where President Donald Trump walloped Hillary Clinton last year and moderate Democrat Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is up for re-election in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In fact, five Democratic senators are up for re-election in traditionally red states in 2018: Ms. Heitkamp, Montana\u2019s Jon Tester, Missouri\u2019s Claire McCaskill, West Virginia\u2019s Joe Manchin and Indiana\u2019s Joe Donnelly.<\/p>\n Democrats are going to have to decide whether they want to defend those seats, or sacrifice them in the name of the resistance, which Ms. Warren<\/a> clearly thinks she\u2019s heading.<\/p>\n For many in Middle America, Ms. Warren<\/a>\u2019s politics are unpalatable. They see the rioters at UC Berkeley trying to shut down free speech, the women dressed as uteruses at the Women\u2019s March on Washington, the limos that were set on fire in the streets during Mr. Trump\u2019s inauguration, and some in Hollywood such as Sarah Silverman calling for a military coup, and they see the left doubling down on crazy.<\/p>\n What they want \u2014 and what they voted for \u2014 was to feel safe in their streets, the promise of better jobs, and repairs to their local bridges and highways. This is the agenda of Mr. Trump. Other than hate and unhappiness, what does the resistance have to offer?<\/p>\n So yes, keep talking, Ms. Warren<\/a>. You undoubtedly will be hailed a liberal hero by the coastal elites and by those in the media, but you\u2019re not identifying with flyover country \u2014 you\u2019re actually turning them off.<\/p>\n For most Americans want to give Mr. Trump a chance, and are curious to see what he and his largely private-sector Cabinet can do for the country. They want to see the Supreme Court seat filled, their wages increased, public schools improved, and U.S. foreign policy dominance restored.<\/p>\n They don\u2019t care much for identity politics, protests that turn into rioting, Hollywood\u2019s public service announcements and political grandstanding.<\/p>\n