For pundits like Yascha Mounk or Ruy Teixeira, it's the Resistance's fault Trump was re-elected, pushing Dems into radical positions, that voters rejected...in 2024.
But that's wrong. The "Resistance" won in 2020, beating Trump.
https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-20-a-survival-guide-for-democrats
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/19/opinion/trump-resistance-second-term/
But that's wrong. The "Resistance" won in 2020, beating Trump.
https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-20-a-survival-guide-for-democrats
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/19/opinion/trump-resistance-second-term/
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It's full-throated demands by ordinary people for all we need to not only survive, but thrive.
We make change by fighting for more—not settling for less.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/democratic-socialists-america-dsa-how-we-win-trump-election
Very consistently, the Desistance worked to stall energy that threatened them or their donors.
https://jacobin.com/2025/01/biden-domestic-policy-failures-legacy
https://www.vox.com/politics/388752/democrats-groups-jentleson-favreau-klein-yglesias
Through 2019, orgs like Sunrise Movement made their name with sweeping Green New Deal demands. With Biden in office, members were pushed to tone down conflict in order to work with the administration.
By hamstringing committed activists & spurning the new voters who beat Trumpism in 2018, 2020, and 2022, the Desistance got exactly what they wanted.
https://www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-won
And orgs like DSA, with no corporate funders limiting us, keep growing.