If Democrats and liberals are constantly messaging it doesn’t allow right wing messages to dominate and in some cases it completely overwhelms them. People arguing that this is a hopeless case are giving a pass to Democrats and the wider left for not actually trying and that sucks.
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The 'rigged' stuff resonated.... With Trump.
But neither should the rest of the Democrats. So where is Biden? Harris? Schumer? Durbin? Jeffries?
You’re useless because you only want to punch left and don’t actually ask Democrats to fight the GOP.
https://bsky.app/profile/aaronhuertas.bsky.social/post/3ld45zhcqjc2i
Democratic leaders haven’t made ANY arguments. Not about Gaetz, Hegseth, Patel, or RFK. Not about firing Wray. And not about DOGE.
Not about anything.
That's not 'punching Left'. It's noticing.
Cc @aoc.bsky.social please help message the party! Talk to us and help us with
https://bsky.app/profile/resistasista76.bsky.social/post/3lcnhmc4vrk2w
Progressives and Conservatives complained. That was the dominant theme ... government policy by grievance
Problem is, tho, going on offense doesn’t work if the GOP dominates the media narrative. They’ll use sheer volume to drown out Dems’ attempts to change the subject. (1/3)
Loudmouths, end zone dances, and simple repetition could have changed the world
Normies don’t watch Sunday shows to hear Dems talk professorial like
Push: They are "knife to the gun fight" politicians who yield to norms their opponent. The GOP pushes past norms to accomplish their ends, the Dems don't.
Promote: The GOP touts whatever it thinks it
Permission: The GOP gives voters permission to "be angry; we'll tell you who to be angry at." The Dems know we should be angry at overly wealthy...but won't allow voters that anger.
Populism: The GOP runs to it, the Dems flee it.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/21/2287839/-We-Can-Stop-Trump?_=2024-11-21T11:19:50.000-08:00
It’s why proving the GOP’s story is BS doesn’t change minds. B/c humans *need* a story to explain the world. Once we find one, we *cannot* let go until we find a new, better one to buy into. This is Psych 101.
Now that I think about it, what they did after Clinton won and had a congressional majority… Hey- wait a second.
Trump didn’t win because he was better at messaging on the issues. He won because he pedaled hatred and retribution. The issues were barely relevant at all.
Dems have to tangibly fix problems if they want votes, not just scream that things are fine at people who are struggling.
Said Trump: “It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard.”
Just said this to Jefferies post over at the other place . Johnson had a presser this morn, why weren't 8 or 10 Dems lined up to go next, and call out the their bullshit on social security and Medicare ? WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY ?
Him: They circulate talking-points to EVERYONE each day and they all follow it. We have one too but no one does!
TG: What's in it?
Him: ...I haven't read it.
Always be campaigning. That's the job and Dems have failed miserably at it.
they didn't expect trump to be as weak as he was or as much of an anchor downballot
I could just say "the dems, as usual, managed to blame everyone and everything except the dems for losing the most important election in history which is every election"
or, "the dems were playing 4D chess thinking a whole election cycle ahead, but RNG screwed everything up"
it no doubt had impact at the polls nov 6
winning both GA specials was the worst outcome possible
I usually block anyone who says the Dems lost on purpose (in any election) but since you included that caveat I’ll just keep you on double super secret probation for now
the margin was MUCH closer than it seemed
GOP wins on words because our media happily repeats complete lies & fails us
Dems lost on words because they need to fix their media messaging. It sucks. Dems do lots of things for the common man but no one out there associates it with helping them or their own household.
For someone like me, it’s hard to overlook that shit.
Instead, we built a massive machine that crafts narratives regardless of facts, and the Dems are largely absent from it.
It was a case of "follow the leader". Biden did not want Dems to fight at all. He thought that Trump was an aberration--an injury that was treated when Biden won the election -- and that as long as we didn't pick at the scab, it would heal.
So we watched as Biden squandered significant goodwill from the American people when he took office, and spend the next three years with a 40% approval rating.
Yet 77 million Americans voted for him. That wasn't the fault of the Democrats.
THIS!
THIS!
We can't force a network to give us airtime.
We can't force a paper or broadcast to report what we say/do.
We can't get access to the 24/7 hateradio stream.
Social media throttled us.
There's no way to make people hear our message when they deliberately choose to avoid it.
Imagine, two fools (St. Ronnie and Cheetolini) who are nothing but failed actors taking down the US government. Sickening. 😡
Their viewership is like 2-3m on their best day. A hell of a lot more people vote GOP than that.
Pretending they are brainwashed is nonsense. They deliberately choose this content. For reasons.
I don't need a focus group to know a conman conned America with his lies.
*and no, winning in CA doesn't count
Also, I’d say @repjayapal.bsky.social and @raskin.house.gov are some of the good ones. Not in the senate, but still
Meanwhile Dems will go on TV and just think out loud ("Yes, our candidate sucked").
Bidenomics.
JOY!
Cheneys.
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Both trashed Biden/Harris and had almost nothing to say about Trump or Republicans.