“We need an actual strategy that is more focused on speaking to the everyday voters we lost, in simple and clear terms, and provides some clarity on what we stand for, not just what we oppose,” said Chris Kofinis, a Democratic strategist.
He’s correct of course. However, the things Trump are doing are so outrageous and overreaching that they must be opposed. And unless Democrats can find a few sympathetic Republican votes in Congress, that opposition will have to be in the courts. Understand that the opposition is mandatory at this point, because if no opposition is put up than Trump will push further.
So, then, it is a lot harder to get that positive message across when History demands you also forcefully oppose at the same time. I clearly recall an interview with Harris where she spent over a half hour identifying her policy positions, and about 5 or 10 minutes responding to questions about names Trump called her. All the headlines after that interview were along the lines of “Trump and Harris trade barbs”, not of the other stuff she said. It’s like she had been baited into irrelevance by simply being asked about stupid shit Trump said.
So do the Democrats need to do a better job of articulating their vision to the common voter? Yes, of course. But please dont interpret that to mean that they shouldn’t talk about their opposition to the Fascists in the current Republican party.
He’s correct of course. However, the things Trump are doing are so outrageous and overreaching that they must be opposed. And unless Democrats can find a few sympathetic Republican votes in Congress, that opposition will have to be in the courts. Understand that the opposition is mandatory at this point, because if no opposition is put up than Trump will push further.
So, then, it is a lot harder to get that positive message across when History demands you also forcefully oppose at the same time. I clearly recall an interview with Harris where she spent over a half hour identifying her policy positions, and about 5 or 10 minutes responding to questions about names Trump called her. All the headlines after that interview were along the lines of “Trump and Harris trade barbs”, not of the other stuff she said. It’s like she had been baited into irrelevance by simply being asked about stupid shit Trump said.
So do the Democrats need to do a better job of articulating their vision to the common voter? Yes, of course. But please dont interpret that to mean that they shouldn’t talk about their opposition to the Fascists in the current Republican party.