Yep, journalists have asked me (and others!) this same question for two years and I’ve answered the same way almost every time but for some reason today it’s “news.” (It’s not news)
I am however guilty of the cardinal political sin of clearly answering a journalists’ question
The fact that proud boys got together and wrote “fuck Antifa” on EACH OTHER’s fat asses, while wearing curtain kilts, assessed it and said “yeah, this is alpha” will never not be a hilarious self own.
Republicans like to make fun of the fact that I used to be a waitress, but we all know if they ever had to do a double they’d be the ones found crying in the walk-in fridge halfway through their first shift bc someone yelled at them for bringing seltzer when they wanted sparkling
Except the argument here isn’t ideological- are purple communities not on the internet? You can run a moderate message & not change it at all & my message still applies.
Dems must run like it’s 2020, not like it’s 2005. That has nothing to do with ideology. It’s about capacity.
There are folks running around on TV blaming progressivism for Dem underperformance.
I was curious, so I decided to open the hood on struggling campaigns of candidates who are blaming progressives for their problems.
Almost all had awful execution on digital. DURING A PANDEMIC.
In 2016, when Trump won PA, MI, and WI by a handful of votes, the election system worked just great. Now that he's losing, it's a "fraud" and they're "stealing the election." This is how demagogues destroy faith in democracy and move us toward authoritarianism. Count every vote!
This isn't a joke. @realdonaldtrump couldn't even wait an hour to declare that he won and that there is also fraud occurring. The derp circus continues.
If this campaign has shown us anything it is that Congress must pass real election reform. No more voter suppression. No more five-hour waiting lines to vote. No more threats to not count mail-in ballots. We must make it easier for people to vote, not harder.
This is not just an election between Trump and Biden.
This election is about democracy vs. authoritarianism – and democracy must win.
The first way to do that is to get out and vote in overwhelming numbers and defeat Trump – the most dangerous president in American history.