I am an old man. Don’t know how I made it into my 70s, but here I am. I have followed American politics almost all my life. Never have I been as outraged as I am now. (I’m highly irascible anyway, so that doesn’t help.) A piece of human filth called Donald Trump has issued a call for “vermin” to be destroyed. I THINK HE’S TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE ME. And as one of his spokespeople said today, if we accuse him of this, we’ll be exterminated. All I can say is…
Does anybody on Daily Kos feel intimated by this asshole? HELL NO, would be my guess. You’re as sick and tired of this son of a bitch as I am. You’re as pissed off as I am. And you and I and millions of other people all over this country are going to use Trump’s Nazi-like threats to destroy him. Because,
BY GOD, ENOUGH IS DAMNED WELL ENOUGH.
I will NEVER back down to these people:
I will NEVER try to unite with these people:
I will NEVER let these people intimidate me:
I will NEVER forget this bullshit:
MY ANSWER:
100,000,000 Democratic votes in 2024
OUR TASK: THE GREATEST VOTER MOBILIZATION IN HISTORY.
Where to begin? We should take comfort in the fact that many people are already working on this. All of us should join their efforts. Here’s info you might find useful:
The list of state Democratic parties is HERE.
Check out this info from Digby’s blog on turning out Gen Z.
To reach younger voters, campaigns must have young people in the campaigns empowered to do outreach to young people. It’s their future on the line.
That outreach cannot happen just in the last three months ahead of an election. That effort should include digital channels, of course, but also constant presence on campuses. The challenge there is the constant turnover in student populations. Candidates and officials should regularly visit college campuses, and even high schools in states where 17 year-olds can register if they’ll be 18 by Election Day.
Invest in youth content creators/influencers. There is an inherent level of trust among youth with youth. Give them information to distribute, then step out of the way; let them create the content. It’s what they do best. If they have a million followers, TRUST THEM to push out your information in way that’s most effective. (Even if the campaign doesn’t “get it.”)
Read the whole thing. It’s outstanding.
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DEMOCRATIC VOTES IN 2024. Enough to CRUSH Trump, enough to gain dozens of seats in the House, enough to retain the Senate, enough to make more inroads in state and local government.
They think we’re vermin? They think they’re just going to round us up?!?
Come on all you vermin, all you untermenschen. Give Trump and his minions the most crushing defeat in American history. Get out a HISTORIC Democratic vote in 2024. And don’t just get mad—GET EVEN.