Y’all keep thinking this is ideological for me. It isn’t.
Our party has socialists, progressives, New Dems, Blue Dogs, moderates, and everything in between. I’ve worked with all of them.
Hell, I ran the House Democratic whip operation with 90 Progressives, 45 New Dems, and 45 Blue Dogs in a House where we had just a 15 seat majority. We cast more roll call votes and passed more legislation than any House in history because we understood that governing meant finding common ground.
That’s not my beef.
My question is simple: Are you working constructively to make the party better, or are you just there to piss all over it?
We already have one political party trying to defeat us. We can’t afford to spend all our time fighting a second front inside our own ranks.
If you’re on the team, be on the team. Push us. Challenge us. Make us better. But help us win.
And let me be clear: I don’t care if you’re progressive, moderate, or conservative.
I’ve worked with Democrats across the ideological spectrum. We didn’t always agree, but we understood that building a stronger Democratic Party was part of the job.
If you hate the party, spend your days attacking it, and have contempt for all the people who make it possible, then see above.
I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination.
Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign.
Focus on building the party you actually support.
Political parties aren’t perfect, but they’re built by millions of people who knock doors, make calls, organize meetings, and fight for the values they believe in. If you don’t believe in the party, then don’t ask its members to carry you across the finish line.
Republicans didn’t cut “government waste.”
They cut your health care.
They cut your social security.
They cut your retirement.
They cut your SNAP.
AND they raised your taxes.
They’re just hoping you don’t notice.
This is why I love NYC! If you stop rushing to get everywhere you will find raw moments like this: a guy in timbs pouring his soul into a Bach cello sonata.
He made the subway sound like a cathedral. Pure joy!
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Those intellectual contrarians on cable news and with big platforms who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Hillary… and those leave it blank /uncommitted folk who wouldn’t vote for Kamala..
Now that the VRA is destroyed… are all awfully quiet or blaming republicans 🙄🤷🏾
“A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT COULD STACK THE SUPREME COURT WITH JUSTICES WHO WILL RIP AWAY ALL OF THE PROGRESS WE’VE MADE.”—Hillary Clinton in 2016. Again she was right. She deserves to be respected
Who else misses the boring, no-drama days of @JoeBiden?
No chaos. No circus. No daily embarrassment.
Just quiet competence from a president who actually knew how to do the job.