Dear Future Democratic Majority,
Secretary Clinton is poised to become the next president of the United States!
Democrats stand to take back the Senate and now the House is in play!
Donald Trump is so horrible that he is putting traditionally safe republican states into competition that could retake both chambers before the 2020 census!
This is an unarguable fact given how Donald Trump has self imploded under the weight
of his own bigotry and narcissism. At this juncture in history the republican party has been exposed finally as the xenophobic, racist, deplorable, hypocritical, know nothing, underbelly that thought that George Bush Jr. could do no wrong. Even the media is hardly putting up the normal horse race false equivalency that Trump and Clinton are neck and neck.
Republicans built this. The election of the first African American president, looking forward, not backward, unprecedented republican obstructionism, and massive inequality within our society; was enough to drive out the fringes of the republican party out in force.
Trump has been a fantastic front man for high lighting to the American people just what a horrible party the modern republican party has become.
Now.
Secretary Clinton is expanding the map and going for the jugular.
She is competing now in states that in a normal election year are Republican bastions.
This means Texas. This means Arizona. This means Utah.
Close your eyes.
Imagine she wins your state and you, a former republican turned democrat, or democrat in a conservative district, or from a coal state, or from a flipped district victory, ect —
You have been given a majority in the House that is nearly equal to that Obama enjoyed and sixty votes in the Senate.
- If you think your place is to serve as a counter to your party then you are wrong.
(You were elected as a Democrat — if you run against your president and party you lose)
Progressive democrats are expecting that the party adhere to their party platform. These aren’t just words that are meant to make people feel good. They are describing the aspirations of the modern democratic party and what, if given power by the people, will attempt to do.
If you think that because you are from a traditionally red state that you can’t rephrase a progressive message in a way that would be palatable to a traditionally conservative audience then I suggest you take a case lesson from Bernie Sanders.
- If you think that the American people elected you because they don’t want to see Climate Change addressed then you are wrong.
(You were elected as a Democrat — We know CC is real and it has to be addressed now. People don’t care if you are from a coal burning country. At this point you talk about restoring pensions, phasing out coal workers and transitioning to the next big thing like wind, solar, or hydro power) If you abandon your party on the Climate — you are paving the way for voter apathy and you’re gonna seem feckless and lose! )
- If you think that it is your job to regulate and block a woman's own healthcare then you are wrong.
(The Hyde amendment has to go. No one gives a damn about your moral convictions. If you stand in the way of healthcare for your own personal and arbitrary reasons then you ain’t welcome in the party. Remember. You joined us because of how horrible your former party has become or feel that you need to reflect the views of your religious community that you represent. I’m sorry but screw that. You are a democrat now. Get with the times. People control their own bodies and that’s a part of being a democrat. )
- If you think that you were elected because corporations need their own interests more prominently addressed over the peoples then you are wrong.
(If you think that it’s your job to stand in the way of tax reform, stimulus spending, or any major initiative that Clinton puts forward then you need to check yourself. Remember, why did we get creamed in 2010? Oh? Right, it was because the process was drawn out and a great deal of what Progressives wanted was thrown out the window because of conservative democrats and their temper tantrums. Guess who lost in 2010! Mostly the conservative democrats! The Blue dogs were decimated! Why? Because they didn’t stand with their party and ran away from Obamacare and his other accomplishment. Word of advice! If you don’t want to lose — run on the accomplishments of your legislation! It’s way more impressive!)
- If you think you were elected to stand in the way of Hillary Clinton’s supreme court or lower court appointees then you would be wrong.
(President Obama has faced the biggest Supreme Court blockade that any president has ever faced before. It is purely one of the most racist actions of Mitch McConnell and has never happened before in the history of our republic. Presidents were always allowed to fill Supreme Court vacancies. Mitch McConnell way back in 2005 went on every TV station and proclaimed that Bush had the right to nominate any person he wanted to the Supreme Court and that he would nuke the filibuster if Bush didn’t get an “up or down” vote. Somehow he was able to get two justices on the SC but deny Obama the opportunity to fulfill her presidential job.
If the democrats retake the Senate it is not your job to stand in the way of allowing Clinton to appoint new justices. You are there to advise and consent. Not simply say no. It is unbelievable that it has been almost a year since Scalia has died and no action has been allowed to fill the vacancy!)
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There are just some of the issues you will need to contemplate when you return to office, celebrate your election, or are thinking that somehow the people want you to govern republican lite.
If you work with the party and pass meaningful legislation that impacts and betters peoples lives —
You win.
If you don’t —
Enjoy unemployment in 2018.
Sincerely,
A Progressive.