Dems need to keep fighting, but not by shaking canes. The visual is awful
They need to win back young people, it’s going to take a change in HOW and WHAT you message.
They need to win back young people, it’s going to take a change in HOW and WHAT you message.
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Not only to capture their attention but to sustain it. An entire generation's grown up in the 21st Century w/social media being their primary influence, not traditional media. There needs to be deeper psychological profiling to tap into, the data's there, then tailoring and blasting the message.
He’s an older gentleman who uses a cane & has had enough of this tyrant’s bullshit!!!
My own grandfather used to let us know when he was pissed by how he used his cane.
Shake away!!!!!
Trump/Musk are *quite literally* trying to destroy the USA on Putin’s orders. This is a 5-alarm fire. We all need to oppose this #BAMN☠️
a. sitting silent
b. wearing pink
c. holding up bid paddles
d. or, not attending at all.
The Democrats need to unite on their message. Each can have their own unique take. But, unite on a message.
For example...
Beat them at their own game.
Heck, each rep could have a sign written in a different language. Like this one, written in Ukrainian.
From clips
Did not want to watch it real time
But it was better than the GOP heckler sisters
Right now is the time for them to hit ⬇️🧵
They also need to listen to the working poor. Stop visiting big cities because the values are different.
Towns are stagnating and dying...except the few that work to accept new people and ideas, or the ones propped up by corporate or government employment.
I grew up in a metropolitan area and now work in a small city in an otherwise very rural set of counties.
Lack of access to
Gone are the days when if they go low we go high.
It should be if they go low, we kick them in the teeth.
I’ve got a great 78yo Senator, but it’s time for him to go
On the other hand, the Democrats need a youth movement to push out the old guard.
My dream ticket for 2028 is Jason Crow and Jasmine Crockett.
Many in this country are OVER men at the top of the ticket.
And if they’re not there yet, Trumps reign will help them to get there.
Trump is 0-1 vs a man and 2-0 vs a woman.
There is still enough bias to keep a woman out of the White House. Hate to say it, but the same goes for gay men.
Kicking MAGA Republicans out of power is far more important than electing a woman right now.
I voted for her in 2016 vs Bernie, and again vs the moron.
I wish things were different, but.....
Hillary cracked the glass ceiling.
Kamala has widened the opening.
Kamala/Jasmine/Sen Warren can walk through the opening with less opposition.
That said, Harris was a fine candidate who deserved better.
And we're all suffering for it.
He tested positive x 2.
People w/ advanced age tend to exhibit more debility post-COVID.
Yes, he should’ve stepped aside sooner.
Until we cease thinking only straight white men can lead, we’ll continue to have the kind of crappy leadership we deserve.
There is nothing I would like more than a Jewish president. Pritzker, Schiff, Slotkin, Shapiro - they would all be great.
But I would rather see a non-Jewish Democrat win than see a Jewish Democrat lose, and I know that prejudice still exists.
Maybe things will change. Maybe.
Had Biden dropped out sooner, there was no guarantee that Harris be the nominee (it might even have been a white man!).
If Harris were the nominee, things might have ended exactly the same way they did. She still had time and money.
He aged and slowed down rapidly.
That wasn't natural.
He should have received better advice on COVID.
That probably did not help.
WITH an African last name.
FOR two consecutive terms.
After the Trump regime, a competent female or LGBTQ+ politician is not only possible, it’s a given.
I see too many posts with “Hillary/Kamala was right” to believe otherwise.
So who the fuck are you to tell Dems how to fight our battles?
Save your advice for your own party. They're the ones with the problem, not ours
Congress needs no 70 and 80 year olds. FCS, enjoy your retirement.
2. Dems in Congress need to up their game. None should have been in attendance at this farcical circus. It did nothing for the fight back.
3. WTF. Dem senators voting yes on any of trump picks helps nothing. Stop it.
And people wonder why Black people hesitate to work with white people in actions.
Before the crazies do!
Invite the reps for those districts and hold them accountable if they don't show up.
They got WHITE PRIVILEGE...While AL Green got thrown out.
It was ALOT more than just shaking a cane!!!!
https://bsky.app/profile/demsoldier.bsky.social/post/3ljnsk7uhrk2n
Is Kinzinger a closet Dem?
Stop talking, and start fucking doing something.
Then the main message should be the truth:
Billionaires are the problem.
There are less than 10 democrats who are actually willing to say that.
We need more disruptive leaders who are willing to be on the frontline & willing to be bolder, louder, over & over & over, until they are removed by the Sargent In Arms
https://youtu.be/0TEWx5D39Gs?si=3ghJtIZTyKDSDvTH
Do they know what MARKETING is??? Obviously, NOT.
So fucking hire some people who aren't so maddeningly feckless and impotent.
Al Green did good, honestly i was waiting for the next person and the next person, thought it mighta been the play.
shit together!
Under Dems we had the only economy that recovered in the world from Covid. They are smart. They're just not lowlifes like MTG & Boebert.
They still respect the offices they hold.
they of course reasonably want it backed up by policy
But I have this weird feeling The Youth prefers cane shaking to Being Extra Super Polite
#Resist2TheEND
#DefianceDay2025 is coming
Why can't people stop picking each other to death?
The young people I know are ready to follow someone who understands their anger.
Thank you! We are fighting amongst ourselves over whether someone with a cane is allowed to protest???
Remember this, Adam? Sometimes a good caning is necessary.
Here you go, Adam.
They like what they heard.
It will not change until they personally suffer. So let them suffer.
The cuts will create lots of those people. Study history.
Nope.
Anger must be met with anger. Pain and suffering is all that the MAGAt electorate understands.
MAGAts want to inflict it. They will only get it when they suffer. And that right soon.
Concentrate on the behavior & actions of the shoddy character "conservatives." When mtg & her gf from Colorado made fools of themselves, they weren't thrown out.
You think I should stop? My advocacy isn’t good enough for you?
“The visual is awful.” Fuck that and fuck you for dismissing ANYONE who is at least trying.
He’s disabled. Millions of democrats are.
His constituents were wise.
I am sure that young people need to see FIRE! Old or young doesn’t matter. It’s the fire.
He has shown us how to do it.
He cannot and should not be depended upon to do the work for us.
But when he leads, I am better able to follow.
I'm sick of the Dems waiting around for god knows what to stir them into action! The ones with the paddles acted old and boring! Al had some fire in his belly!
A good politician will have good working relationships on both sides
Idk if y’all spend any time in conservative or centrist circles, but here’s the thing— for progress to prevail, there needs to be major consensus that the Trump admin is failing. 1/?
This is my cane with a handle carved in the shape of a raven with a Celtic stylized metal beak.
Weak? Lame?