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In reply to the discussion: Other than Katie Porter & a couple others, the Democratic Party STILL doesn't know how to fight back [View all]mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)First of all, I didn't do my post for the sake of "posting complaints on DU" so let's get that straight.
For starters, I think some of our people behind the scenes should have been organizing protests the instant Trump started his bullshit with overturning the election. The more we do nothing about it, the more he'll continue with his attempts to overthrow the election in his favor. Organizing protests and getting people in the streets is one way we could have been fighting back. If the shoe was on the other foot we'd be seeing caravans of fucking Trumpsters waving their flags and banging on the WH door.
If there are any legal procedural tools that we can use to stop Trump from his antics, we need to employ them.
We should also replace the completely ineffective "He is undermining democracy" meme with "He is a traitor and needs to be served justice for his to this country." Our words should be much tougher than they have been.
Our talking heads also should be doing much more to educate the public on just how treacherous the GOP is. Instead of only saying how McConnell keeps obstructing Democrats, we should be clearly labeling McConnell as one of the most evil people in the history of this country. Yes, they should say he is evil because he IS evil. He is a crook and an evil crook at that, so it needs to said. If our people need to get on air and write it on a blackboard so everyone sees it, then so be it. We are way too nice to that scumbag. Now I certainly don't mean for Joe Biden to be doing any of that, but it should be said by some of our people.
And about screaming bloody murder? Okay, maybe those words are too harsh for some people here to take, but the truth is that we DO need to yell it and yell it out loud just how horrific the GOP is. We absolutely NEED to let them know that two can play their game, that we can get down in the trenches and give it right back to them. If we don't, we will never get the respect we need to make them stop with thieir freaking nonsense. We've got to stop with this fantasy that the GOP will ever come to their senses on their own. We need to call them traitors to their face because that is what they are, PERIOD.