This is what we want to see: “NARAL has a clear message for Democratic lawmakers: If you support Republicans in their effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, NARAL, our one million member activists, and our PAC will not support you in 2018 and beyond.” We should see that from Planned Parenthood, from unions, from advocacy organizations across the progressive movement. Even if this is the response from traditional media reporters:
This is not a yikes. While it’s always stupid when an advocacy group for a progressive cause tries to look bipartisan by endorsing a Republican candidate, withholding support if Democrats don’t do the right thing and defend health care for millions of people is absolutely the right way to go. Defending health care is one of the reasons we elect Democrats. We should hold them to that.