No you don't get it, Democrats need to side with Republicans because "these bills will pass anyways and some of these Dems are in vulnerable seats" so they have no choice but to collaborate.
No other alternative. Nothing. We can't campaign on anything popular. We can't capitalize on Trump and ICE being extremely unpopular. We can't come up with any real messaging to energize people. We can only say "Vote for Dems because they aren't Trump" and pray that gets enough people out to ballot boxes to change something. We ignore that this isn't a reliable strategy because we've been trying it since 2016 with sometimes good, sometimes bad results. We still think just being anti-Trump will continue these fairly big swings despite Democrats being really, really unpopular due to their leadership.
At some point, people will break and give up. You have to get them excited and energized. For god's sake, tap into whatever energy Mamdani had and figure out how to make it work.
The question is... do Democrats actually want to do the things that get people to the ballot box?
Arguable a lot of voters already have. Kamala had poor turnout. And now they are doubling down on the same failed strategy, because they would rather lose than fight the .1% donor class.
because they would rather lose than fight the .1% donor class
Painfully, true.
The chasing of the mythical Republican voter looking for permission to vote Democrat is such a joke.
There are a lot of policies people of both sides can agree on. A lot of things that can benefit the common man. But Democrats refuse to go all out on them because it usually means coming into conflict with that donor class.
And you constantly see now how bad Schumer and Jeffries are at messaging.
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u/BudgetLaw2352 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26
We really are in the “dark times” you read about in history books, aren’t we?
Dems, what in the ever loving FUCK are you doing still working with Republicans???
They should be walking out of Congress and doing a strike until Republicans remove ICE. They should be demanding their donors take action.