demoralized

For now, though, in the face of a crisis that continues to escalate, and absent the rhetorical firepower they are craving, many Washingtonians are feeling frustrated — and demoralized.

“Back in 2017, the Democrats let Republican justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court go completely unopposed, because they were so demoralized that they had lost with Wisconsin in ‘16,” Coleman said.

Especially now, when it’s hard not to feel demoralized about what’s happening across the country?

Uncertainty over the size and scale of the looming job cuts has left workers demoralized, said Phil Turner, who has worked at the university since 2009 and is associate director of USC Housing.

Members of the coalition say they cannot become demoralized and give up.