Democrats Need to Tell Americans How Dangerous the GOP Really Is

Democrats Need to Tell Americans How Dangerous the GOP Really Is

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Democrats Need to Tell Americans How Dangerous the GOP Really Is
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The Jan. 6 hearings show just how much the extreme right works with Trump and the GOP. So why are Democrats still acting as if there are still two rational political parties?
Danielle Moodie
Published Jun. 14, 2022 4:48AM ET

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If you still believe—as President Joe Biden claimed the other day when he said that “rational republicans” still exist—then you aren’t paying attention.

If Democrats want to win in November they need to showcase to the public that we are no longer living in a “rational” two-party democratic system. Instead, one of the major political parties no longer believes in the rule of law. It believes in violence, it believes in denying a free and fair election, and it believes in (at best) looking the other way when its own members engage in rank racism—when it isn’t blatantly encouraging bigotry itself.

To win elections you have to distinguish yourself and your platform from the other side.

And these dots aren’t hard to connect. But not making these very clear links between white supremacist domestic terrorism and the Republican Party is a choice, and it’s a bad one.

This shouldn’t be so hard. Republicans are working overtime at the state level to create a neo-apartheid state in America where women, people of color, LGBTQ people and Black people have limited rights. Democrats, if they can claim to stand for anything, should be very clear about what they’re against. And they should make that claim over and over again to the American people, who will make the ultimate decision as to whether this remains a free country.

PatKirby · M

Democrats should pay attention to how dangerously slim their grasp on power actually is and pay more attention to how they're going to have their asses handed to them in the upcoming November mid-term election.

Then later reflect on the future of their party's cohesion before it disintegrates at the seams and finishes all races in distant second place. Perhaps now is the time to realistically consider abandoning their agenda if they want to continue in any valuable capacity before Round #2 in 2024.

Remember, the first step in avoiding a trap is knowing of its existence.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@PatKirby Oh they definitely are, and are desperately trying to distract and discredit their opposition instead of trying to address concerns like inflation or illegal immigration.

The most important thing to the Democrats right now is to keep the money train rolling in Ukraine...they are making boat loads of money on this, it is THE MOST IMPORTANT issue to the Democrats whether they admit it or not.

If the Republicans take the House and increase their majority in the Senate, it is a very real possibility they will open investigations into Biden's and his sons dealings in Ukraine...which could fracture the support they have to continue this war.

PatKirby · M

@SumKindaMunster
Agreed. I used to do statistical analysis at college (too bad it's become an indoctrination center now) and considered minoring in political analysis and can tell you that their loss of the House is almost a dead certainty. A good coach warns his team of the oncoming storm way beforehand and prepares them, but this appears not to be the case. November is looking to be a rout similar to an NCAA football team playing against the NFL in winter.

The best unity they can muster so far has been like herding cats. I really do hope that party (if you can call it that) breaks up into several pieces and leaves town with the chance of re-unification a decade later. Made.Bed.Lie.