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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Trippi: I'm joining the Lincoln Project to make sure Republicans don't win Congress in 2022
America is exhausted. Weve gone through the worst presidency in our history, when the very concept of what it meant to be an American was challenged. A pandemic has killed over 600,000 of our fellow Americans, more than we lost in both world wars of the last century. There is a desperate longing for normalcy. At last we have a normal president with a competent administration. But this is not a normal time. American democracy is in crisis.
Many urge us to follow the path of bipartisanship to lead us out of this danger. As much as the Biden administration may be trying to restore a sense of normalcy to our nation after the past four years and as much as Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and others seek the time honored goal of bipartisanship and common ground to solve our problems, those are elusive goals.
We have all lived in an America with two political parties for generations. It is the only way we understand to participate and speak about our politics. A two-party lens is the only way the news media knows how to cover Washington and, of course, elections. Its why so many of us cannot give up on the idea that there must be a two-party solution to the danger of the moment. I wish it was possible. Its not.
There are no longer two healthy parties in America. The catastrophic mistake for our nation is to continue to see the fight as Democrats vs. Republicans, left vs. right. We are at war with an authoritarian movement fueled by former President Donald Trump. It includes many of the 147 Republicans who signed on to treason with their Jan. 6 votes objecting to Joe Biden's win, and it has grown since then.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/07/06/stop-trump-authoritarianism-joe-trippi-lincoln-project/7814381002/
Many urge us to follow the path of bipartisanship to lead us out of this danger. As much as the Biden administration may be trying to restore a sense of normalcy to our nation after the past four years and as much as Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and others seek the time honored goal of bipartisanship and common ground to solve our problems, those are elusive goals.
We have all lived in an America with two political parties for generations. It is the only way we understand to participate and speak about our politics. A two-party lens is the only way the news media knows how to cover Washington and, of course, elections. Its why so many of us cannot give up on the idea that there must be a two-party solution to the danger of the moment. I wish it was possible. Its not.
There are no longer two healthy parties in America. The catastrophic mistake for our nation is to continue to see the fight as Democrats vs. Republicans, left vs. right. We are at war with an authoritarian movement fueled by former President Donald Trump. It includes many of the 147 Republicans who signed on to treason with their Jan. 6 votes objecting to Joe Biden's win, and it has grown since then.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/07/06/stop-trump-authoritarianism-joe-trippi-lincoln-project/7814381002/
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Joe Trippi: I'm joining the Lincoln Project to make sure Republicans don't win Congress in 2022 (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jul 2021
OP
Great! TLP needs some new ideas from experienced folks, they are kind of insular
bucolic_frolic
Jul 2021
#7
elleng
(131,373 posts)1. GOOD!
Blue Owl
(50,575 posts)2. Thank you Joe Trippi
oasis
(49,482 posts)3. "We are at war with an authoritarian movement fueled by former Pres.Trump."
Wake up America.
PortTack
(32,821 posts)4. Yeah!! We all need to push back with renewed vigor
KEEP THE HOUSE BLUE IN 22!! Pass it on
GoCubsGo
(32,102 posts)5. Whatever it takes...
EYESORE 9001
(26,027 posts)6. ...
bucolic_frolic
(43,487 posts)7. Great! TLP needs some new ideas from experienced folks, they are kind of insular
Joe Trippi's been in the trenches as much as anyone. I think this is a powerhouse move.
ancianita
(36,221 posts)8. Good for us. He's lost a few, but has managed more come-from-behind power wins than anyone.
He and TLP might really spark fiery edged message campaigns in 2022.
soldierant
(6,956 posts)9. Yup. It's not left vs right. It's up vs. down.
Hekate
(91,006 posts)10. KnR
riversedge
(70,445 posts)11. Good. I have always like Truppi.
Deminpenn
(15,295 posts)12. A blast from the past!
Trippi framed the argument exactly the same way former GOP consultant Matthew Dowd, who labels the GOP an "authoritarian party", does.