Ok Democratic Leaders in Congress, it's time to give the Party and the Country your marching orders
All of the Supreme Court's decisions are out.
1) They overturned Roe and Casey with the Dobbs case, dropping the issue of abortion rights into the hands of Commanders like Abbott and DeSantis, and the Aunts like Kristi Noem and Kay Ivey in the Gilead states.
2) They have limited the EPA's ability to regulate carbon emissions, tying President Biden's hands behind his back on tackling climate change.
3) They have aided in diluting everyone's voting power, which we haven't corrected for since Shelby County v. Holder, and they are assisting in gutting voting rights to this day by reversing the 5th circuit's surprisingly sane decision to block the racially gerrymandered Louisiana map. Additionally, they have closed the Court's doors on remedying the broader issue of extreme partisan gerrymandering, making it difficult for people to even vote in a Congress that would 'fix' the EPA and abortion rights in the first place.
To the elected Democratic Leaders (and yet-to-be-elected candidates as well):
The unfortunate part of being a Democrat is that we get the blame for everything. Doesn't matter what the issue is, we will get the blame. Democrats are attacking the oil industry, yet they are making more money than God. It sounds like we're actually helping them. Inflation is 100% on Democrats. "If those idiot Democrats didn't help lift children out of poverty with their stupid stimulus bill, we'd all be paying a lot less or gas and groceries." Overturning Roe is the Democrats' fault because they had plenty of opportunity to pass an abortion rights bill, and they didn't. THEY NEVER DO ANYTHING RIGHT!
It comes with the territory of being a Democrat. I understand.
However, the Supreme Court of the United States just handed you your midterm platform on a silver platter. They actually gave you a whole buffet but for simplicity, they gave you a platter of reproductive rights, climate change, and voting rights (again).
Leaders and candidates. Now is the time to tell the people what you need from them. They need your marching orders. They are looking to you for leadership on what you need to fix the mess we find ourselves in.
They will blame you for not passing a bill on abortion while your controlling Congress and the WH. Let the people know that you do not have the majority that is needed to pass an abortion rights bill. Let the people know that we have 50 senators, and 50 senators is not enough to pass an abortion rights bill. Tell the people that we have an abortion rights bill ready for a vote, but you need the people to give you 52 senators, 55 senators or 60 senators, or whatever the magic number is. Tell the people explicitly that we have a path forward for their reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, and for their own self-determination. However, it requires that the people give us 'X' amount of senators and we need your help to do that. Tell the people to grab their family and friends and make sure they give us 'X' amount of senators. Tell the people in Ohio that Tim Ryan will give us that vote needed to pass an abortion rights bill; Cheri Beasley in NC; Val Demings in Florida; John Fetterman in Pennsylvania; and so on. These senators are crucial steps toward toward getting 'X' amount of senators so that we can protect your reproductive freedom. This plan requires voting in every single one of them. That is the path to passing our bill.
They will blame Democrats for not pushing for aggressive climate change action, and for not passing a voting rights bill. The people will say that "we gave you the power and you did nothing." Republicans will definitely bang that drum all day everyday. This is the time to tell people that we need a certain majority to pass these bills. 50 senators isn't not enough.
Tell them you can deliver.
Tell them bills are drafted and waiting for a vote.
Tell them how many votes you need.
Tell them what you need them to do to get those votes.
Tell the people the goal. No vagueness like "expand our majority." Give them the target. And let's get to work.
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