Democrats are happy that they only lost a little this month. Democrats lost the House, and might gain 1 seat in the Senate. Democrats had some important wins in this election, there’s no doubt about it.
However, looking at the GOP as a fascist political party waging an aggressive and violent war against our democracy, one would think Democrats would mop the floor with these fascists.
Sure Oz lost in PA, but he did better than he should have. Walker in Georgia legit does not have a fully functioning brain for whatever reasons, and the preacher at MLK’s church — Warnock — has to go to a runoff to beat Walker.
Democrats don’t take it to the Republicans with any force. In every instance, Democrat leaders take a weak position.
Biden had the courage to say that some Republicans might be “semi-fascist.”
Pelosi took every opportunity to delay going after Trump. After we gave Dems the House in 2018. Pelosi refused to begin impeachment hearings for 8 months. She absolutely punted on the Mueller report — she didn’t care.
Pelosi spent 10 months asking the traitors if they wanted subpoena power to investigate their own January 6 crimes. That was critical time wasted. The committee might crap out a report before the GOP takes back the House in January and kills off the entire thing.
The GOP will waste no time using their power controlling the House by a slim majority. There will be many investigations, most likely targeting Trump’s greatest foe — the Department of Justice. I doubt Garland lasts through next summer as AG.
Rather than fighting fiercely for us and our democracy, Democratic leadership is happy to go along with all of it. They might pay lip service to ending the filibuster, but they know they have no intention of doing anything. They might pay lip service to passing voting rights, but they know the GOP will filibuster the bill, which they did.
The GOP hasn’t won the popular vote for the presidency since 1988, but how many times has anyone heard a Democratic leader speak with any seriousness about the electoral college. Is it really that hard to convince states controlled by Democrats to agree that their electoral votes will go to whoever wins their state’s popular vote — period.
We need new leadership now, and we need to force that change to happen.
I’m a precinct chair in the Democratic party. I got the role because no one else was doing it. As a precinct chair, we can influence state democratic parties. This is how evangelicals took over the GOP. We need to do the same. It will be easier than trying to create a new political party. Figure out how to become a precinct chair in your district. It really is easy, and you can do as much, or as little as you want in the role.