"How we see ourselves as the Democratic Party—the party of the people, the party of the working class and the middle class—no longer matches up with what most voters think."
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this article misses what's going on entirely. working class ohioans are pro Trump overwhelmingly because they are poisoned by online discourse and propagandists like Joe Rogan, who invent fake narratives wholesale. The article says absolute zero about this, because it's largely unsolvable
Exactly. The Democratic Party didn’t stop being for the working people. All of its policies are superior to R’s for working people. The disinformation attacks just overwhelmed the message. Reagan’s “welfare queen” was the OG and many still believe it.
middle class americans are doing great. they have houses, big trucks, TVs, there's no problem provided they dont have a catastrophic medical bill or a special needs child. theyre watching FOX and conservative echo chambers all day and are terrified of THEM coming to take their stuff. that's it.
I think what pundits are missing is that average people aren't going to be moved by substance anymore. In the age of short social media, all the voters care about are huge promises, sound bites, and circuses.
The only way to reach them is to be in their feeds 24/7 with entertaining content.
It is impossible to reach a working class who are in a cult that only believes what dear leader tells them. He gave them an enemy to fear and hate, and we cannot change their hardened hearts.
If there's a political figure who has disappointed me more, I can't think of who that might be. I don't even recognize the guy I've voted for for decades.
WE NEED A WARTIME GENERAL! We are at war with a dictator. First we had hope in Congress but appear they cannot do a whole lot beyond performative actions and make speeches. Then we had hope in the courts but with the Justice Department being corrupted, they cannot enforce their orders.
The dictator has made it very clear he will defy them. IF THE DICTATOR CAN REFUSE TO OBEY COURT ORDERS THEN STATES CAN AND MUST REFUSE TO OBEY ILLEGAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
Yes he will probably cut off funding to states that do so.
Elected officials worry about losing funding on projects. We need to move to a wartime mode and find the funds which they will need to resist Trump's unconstitutional executive overreach. Kamala raised 1 billion for her election campaign, why not raise money to support the states that lose funds.
It will not be easy. That is why we need a Wartime general to coordinate actions with the states and resistance organizations so they can help and support each other in this war. Pete Buttigieg could be the one to lead with a newly created organization to support him.
A lot of people are saying “Sherrod lost, I don’t want to hear it” and ignoring the fact that he lost by 3.5 points in a year when the top of the ticket lost Ohio by 11. He got over 100,000 more votes than Kamala Harris in a year where many Democrats (like Casey, Slotkin, Rosen) underperformed her.
I'm not sold on this narrative.
Our family works. The rethuglicans lie. All the time. And they repeat said lie a million times a day from every source..if you hear a lie enough it breaks through.
Most ppl don't have time to sit and read a giant report. We hear bits and pieces and if those are lies.
The party needs to die. They will NOT become what this country needs with its current leadership and mass corruption. Outside of Bernie, AOC and a couple of others, there is no plan and no will to fight the GOP.
But who's the working class in 2025? Those who barely make 40K a year (and adjunct professors are in this category)? Journalists, small business owners? The Dem party is confused and I find myself, often, ashamed to be a Democrat. I am hoping to hear about VALUES, but, there are none offered.
I call bullshit. Democrats work so hard for the people. But not for Sinema and Manchin, we could have gone further. The other side showed no fear of losing. Millions of democratic voters purged. Stop the bs. Fight the disinformation campaign.
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It was never the “welfare queens”
It was and still is
“corporate welfare “ that is bleeding middle class Americans.
The only way to reach them is to be in their feeds 24/7 with entertaining content.
Yes he will probably cut off funding to states that do so.
Our family works. The rethuglicans lie. All the time. And they repeat said lie a million times a day from every source..if you hear a lie enough it breaks through.
Most ppl don't have time to sit and read a giant report. We hear bits and pieces and if those are lies.
https://bsky.app/profile/metaldad666.bsky.social/post/3lf5rtvwkgk2g
Let me spell it out for you - G A Z A …
When you must step in to leash your dog (🇮🇱) you don’t; when you must to DESTROY the BEAR (🇷🇺) you won’t
You’re feckless and weak, unwilling to fight - the wrong time, the wrong place