Here is the second half of the excerpt in the screenshot above:
With all the different opinions about Nancy Pelosi swirling around recently, and numerous postmortem analysis, including analysis from the Osoff campaign adding to it, this conversation on AmJoy got to the heart of it — imo. Joy-Ann Reid is joined by the author of the story in the screen shot captured above, Jason Johnson, with Tara Dowell, and Jimmy Williams weighing in
The title of this following AmJoy segment doesn’t really match the actual discussion. And it’s kind of a good thing because all the guests seem to have recognized almost immediately that Nancy Pelosi was a republican manufactured smear campaign, and while “Trumpcare” is a vital concern, who or which groups are the focus is key. The most important people to any winning campaign were left as secondary to those two topics. The republican smear of Nancy Pelosi should have been derided and left behind as the gambit it was, and the very real issue of the GOP’s TrumpJunkcare swindle could have been tailored to reach those Dems most threatened by it first and foremost
Here is the Saturday’s clip as titled:
— AmJoy | June 24th, 2017
Will a small reduction in taxes, compared to the large tax break proposed for the very rich, sell the middle class on the GOP’s healthcare plan? Joy Reid and her panel discuss.
It was a nice surprise to see all three guests with Joy-Ann Reid at the helm, take in the various opening postmortem statements on recent races, and instead of faithfully following the narratives that have begun to emerge in the beltway media and among pundits, the focus targeted on what should be obvious: Democratic voters, especially those that have been systematically disenfranchised by the GOP and its core agenda
The idea of spending great wads of cash and human resources in an effort to flip the WWC republicans, especially in the south came out of somewhere.
But where?
That question isn’t answered in this discussion, (although there are a number of interesting clues).
What really struck home, coming from the guests including Jimmy Williams, a republican (I’m assuming) is that trying to win over Dem voters, all Dem voters, is the winning ticket in every single race; even races in deep red regions and states
..And that is done precinct by precinct on the ground at the local level. Focused on: Voting disenfranchisement, Voting Rights, addressing discriminatory gerrymandering, Civil Rights (Dr Rev. William Barber video), registering Dems to vote, addressing the needs of AA’s, LGBTQ, immigrant rights. women’s Rights, women’s reproductive Rights (including against forced birtherism), Hispanics, and all issues.. with reaching and engaging Dems at the heart of the efforts
Iow’s, any attempt to win over republican voters, and that includes the WWC republicans voter, is a secondary concern, if that.
Adding to that thought; any time, money, and resources spent chasing after republicans and talk of moving to “the center” to achieve this misguided effort, is the wrong move. It remains the wrong move every single time in every single race when the topic of WWC voters comes up, as it almost invariably does after a Dems loss — race that was always the republicans to lose yet just barely didn’t — Ga-6th race. and the other special races lately
— 1) reaching out, engaging and catering to Dems with a get-out-the-vote-strategy is the highest priority no matter how deep red the territory and 2) never accept republican framing on any issue, (real or most likely imagined) — that is what I took from this discussion.
Kudos, again, to Joy-Ann Reid for the kind of leadership in journalism she provides (video)
With this report out today (moments ago):
— by Charles Duncan
The president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, the Rev. William Barber, plans to stay at the helm of the organization until new leadership can be elected in October, he announced Sunday.
He had planned to step down this month to organize a new Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, D.C. In a statement, Barber, 53, cited recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on voting rights and election district lines, and the possibility of a special election this year, as the reasons behind the decision.
He said,
“Further, we did not yet face the prospect of a legislative body passing a budget that would cut millions from the justice department and promote rules that would ban protestors. These and other factors have caused me to reconsider the timing of my departure from leadership.”
On Wednesday, 16 members of the N.C. NAACP published a letter in the Winston-Salem Chronicle appealing to Barber to stay on as president until the organization’s October convention.