Yesterday on MS NOW, New York Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries commented on how his party should move forward after their victories in the midterm elections on Tuesday: "The American people don’t want us to get even; they want us to get things done on their behalf." When I read this remark, I thought of two things. First, "to get even" means "to get revenge". It would not be revenge to hold members of the Trump administration accountable for the crimes and corruption of the last two years. Second, the pursuit of such accountability with criminal, civil, and congressional investigations actually would be "doing something on behalf of the American people." (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 5 November 2026)