Posted on 11/09/2016 9:38:30 PM PST by justlittleoleme
This is a stunning, scary, sad time for America.
In January, we will live in a world where Donald Trump is President, and right-wing majorities control both the Senate and the House. It hurts to think about it.
In the coming days, many people will be scrambling to respond (and deciding whether or not to move to Canada.) There are a lot of unknowns. But here are some truths we know now.
First, the Democratic Party must go through a reckoning. Donald Trump won the Rust Belt by stoking the economic and social anxiety that so many people feel in their lives. People are fed up with bad wages, too much debt, and child care costs through the roof. They are tired of watching their jobs disappear because of bad trade deals. They know that something is wrong when a corporation can break laws and destroy livelihoods and get away with it.
And Donald Trump spoke to that. Some of his TV ads could have been run by Bernie Sanders -- bashing the "political establishment" that "brought about the destruction of our factories and jobs."
Democrats must follow the lead of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, going beyond issue positions and offering a systemic critique of the rigged economy. Democrats must start fighting for working families with an authentic understanding of how we got here -- and a willingness to take on Wall Street and corporate donors to get us out.
It's time for new leadership of the Democratic Party -- younger, more diverse, and more ideological -- that is hungry to do things differently, like leading a movement instead of dragging people to the polls. Democrats will lose, over and over, until they have a willingness to take on corporate power in a very real and authentic way.
Will you pledge to stay in the fight with us?
Second, we have to resist. We have to fight Donald Trump's anti-worker, anti-immigrant, racist, sexist agenda every step of the way. We love our country too much. We can't undo the progress that we've made. We've come too far and fought too long for what we have.
Will you pledge to stay in the fight with us?
Third, some good news. I know it's hard to see in these dark times, but there is some light. During this election, Progressive Change Campaign Committee members and organizers made over 2.6 million phone calls and door knocks for our candidates. Thousands of people signed up to volunteer. And we chipped in over $1.3 million to candidates via 230,000 small-dollar donations. This shows that our community is big, energized, and ready to make things happen when we need to.
We built long-term power by electing some bold progressives. Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-40) are all great organizers that we need in Congress now more than ever. We also helped Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) and Ruben Kihuen (NV-04) defeat incumbent Republicans! And we helped elect three new senators, Tammy Duckworth (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH) and Catherine Cortez Masto (NV).
We also supported over 1,000 state and local candidates and activists through our training programs, technology, and hands-on help. We've been using this election to prepare for the future. Big fights are coming, and thanks to our infrastructure, we can build state and local power in a massive way.
And that's what we'll do. In the coming days, weeks and months, we'll be launching a major new progressive messaging program (more soon!) and expanding our program to build power from the ground up -- one school board race at a time.
And so we fight back.
But we need your energy, your passion, and your willingness to stay in the fight. Will you pledge to stay in the fight with us?
Thank you for loving our country. And thank you, as always, for being a bold progressive.
-- Stephanie Taylor and Adam Green, PCCC co-founders
So... a guy that said we need to bring back American jobs is anti-worker.
A guy that stated we need to make immigration safe, legal and accountable is anti-immigrant.
A guy that...
Oh nevermind, they don’t even want to hear it.
I hope they’re as hopeless in the next six years as the last six years.
Why always Canada? Sure it's all caught up in collectivism and political correctness, but wouldn't these people be more at home in, say, Cuba or Venezuela? There would be a language problem, of course, but as brilliant as progressives are that shouldn't be a major problem.
Beta male, angry dyke. Can't make these stereotypes up can you.
Ooooh, really sccccaaarrrrry.
Pepe is coming for you. Be afraid. Be *very* afraid. /super sarc
Logical consistency is not a Prog strong suite.
>>>Thank you for loving our country. And thank you, as always, for being a bold progressive<<<
What Country are they talking about, Cuba?
Now we have the start of a new “ENEMIES LIST” thanks to the PCCC.
These aren’t liberals. They are reds of different hues, but reds all the same.
What stoking? People in the Rust Belt were already anxious about their economic situations.
“Big fights are coming.” Yeah, for abortion on demand, gay marriage and euthanasia. Why not defend America from third world criminals who mug people daily in big cities in America? Progressives are proud losers who resent winners for becoming free and independent.
They recognize that they have been fighting for the status quo, and want to further mislead the folks who follow them is what *I* read from this
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