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Joinfortmill

(17,907 posts)
Fri May 2, 2025, 10:42 AM 12 hrs ago

What should Democrats do now? Everyone has a different answer

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjnw42p8lro

Have A Press Briefing Every Goddamn Day About What Trump is Really Doing...
My words.

'Democrats have struggled to land a unified message in President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, with fractures both in Congress and among supporters...

Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders packed a local auditorium during a recent stop on their Fighting Oligarchy tour. The rally felt like a 1960s-style sit-in...

Democrats at a crossroads

It is not a great time to be a Democratic politician in the United States. The party is out of power. Elected officials cannot agree on a course of action to counter Trump's agenda. No clear leader has emerged to unify the unwieldy coalition. Various ideological and generational factions are warring against each other and nobody seems to be winning...

Fifty-two percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said their party's leadership is moving in the wrong direction, according to a CNN/SSRS poll conducted in mid-March, as opposed to 48% who said it is moving in the right direction...

As party figures traded barbs on TV, disgruntled Democrats rallying in Bakersfield told the BBC that it doesn't matter as much what leaders do, as long as they do something – preferably something loud.

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What should Democrats do now? Everyone has a different answer (Original Post) Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago OP
No choice but to focus on 2 critical things: courts, and free speech bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #1
The courts are working, but take too long, gab13by13 12 hrs ago #2
Do town halls like the MSNBC event last night. gab13by13 12 hrs ago #3
I think they should all start stumping for 2026 with concrete plans.... LAS14 12 hrs ago #4
What will this country look like on election day? gab13by13 12 hrs ago #5

bucolic_frolic

(50,074 posts)
1. No choice but to focus on 2 critical things: courts, and free speech
Fri May 2, 2025, 10:46 AM
12 hrs ago

Without the primacy of court rulings and free speech to inform the public, even in this skewed MAGA echo chamber that is M$M news, democracy is out of business.

gab13by13

(27,888 posts)
3. Do town halls like the MSNBC event last night.
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:05 AM
12 hrs ago

Time for Democrats to find a leader to organize them.

Do town halls on specific topics as was done last night.

Try to get the MSM to air them on TV on prime time, but if they are afraid, do them anyway and invite the press.

Example: Publicize an upcoming town hall on SignalGate and NLRBGate. Have Malcolm Nance be the moderator. Have guests who are involved in national security, have cyber security guests on, have former military officials on. (thinking of you, General Mattis) getting someone like Mattis would explode the TV coverage.

Next town hall, pick a different topic.

The American people are not informed about what is happening to them.

Also, donate to or join Indivisible, and donate to the ACLU. They are fighting.

LAS14

(15,161 posts)
4. I think they should all start stumping for 2026 with concrete plans....
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:10 AM
12 hrs ago

..for what they'll do when they win congress. Just a few plans. Repeated over and over and over. By "all" I mean all democrats, elected and consulting, running and not runing. Everyone!

gab13by13

(27,888 posts)
5. What will this country look like on election day?
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:19 AM
12 hrs ago

Democrats need to fight now. I agree with you about concrete plans and repetition.

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