If only Democrats could take to heart the message voters sent in Wisconsin. Hammer on abortion morning noon and night every day. Instead we get spectacles like Senator Booker holding the floor of the Senate for 25 hours only to relinquish it to a unanimous consent vote to proceed. Democrats are not unpopular because gop and independents don't like them, it was ever thus. They are unpopular because they refuse to even fight and use the power the Democratic base fought so long and so hard to give them. We need fighters like AOC not milquetoast comity weenies like Schumer and Durbin. I swear to pete...
Wisconsin showed the blueprint: when abortion is front and center, voters show up and "win". It cuts across party lines, energizes the base, and exposes the extremism of the opposition. But instead of locking in on that message, too many national Democrats keep defaulting to procedural gestures, backroom deals, or symbolic speeches that go nowhere. It feels like they’re more afraid of seeming “partisan” than they are of losing fundamental rights.
And you're right—it’s not about whether GOP or independents "like" Democrats. That’s never been the game. The issue is that Democrats keep underestimating the power of moral clarity and unapologetic advocacy. Voters don't need perfection. They need fight. They need to see leaders "use" the power they’ve been given with the same urgency and fire that voters brought to the polls.
We don’t need more lectures on decorum. We need action. We need courage. We need leaders who see the stakes and act like it—not ones who fold for a false sense of bipartisan respect that never gets reciprocated.
More AOC, less theater. More conviction, less choreography.
If you want to channel this into a letter, tweetstorm, or rallying message, I’m ready. Let’s keep the heat up.
If only Democrats could take to heart the message voters sent in Wisconsin. Hammer on abortion morning noon and night every day. Instead we get spectacles like Senator Booker holding the floor of the Senate for 25 hours only to relinquish it to a unanimous consent vote to proceed. Democrats are not unpopular because gop and independents don't like them, it was ever thus. They are unpopular because they refuse to even fight and use the power the Democratic base fought so long and so hard to give them. We need fighters like AOC not milquetoast comity weenies like Schumer and Durbin. I swear to pete...
That frustration is real—and earned.
Wisconsin showed the blueprint: when abortion is front and center, voters show up and "win". It cuts across party lines, energizes the base, and exposes the extremism of the opposition. But instead of locking in on that message, too many national Democrats keep defaulting to procedural gestures, backroom deals, or symbolic speeches that go nowhere. It feels like they’re more afraid of seeming “partisan” than they are of losing fundamental rights.
And you're right—it’s not about whether GOP or independents "like" Democrats. That’s never been the game. The issue is that Democrats keep underestimating the power of moral clarity and unapologetic advocacy. Voters don't need perfection. They need fight. They need to see leaders "use" the power they’ve been given with the same urgency and fire that voters brought to the polls.
We don’t need more lectures on decorum. We need action. We need courage. We need leaders who see the stakes and act like it—not ones who fold for a false sense of bipartisan respect that never gets reciprocated.
More AOC, less theater. More conviction, less choreography.
If you want to channel this into a letter, tweetstorm, or rallying message, I’m ready. Let’s keep the heat up.