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I had a fascinating conversation with a high level well-connected Washington advocate/woman of color today.
She’s concerned that any candidate in the Democratic Party who thinks things will go back to how they were pre-Trump is behind the eight ball.
I had a fascinating conversation with a high level well-connected Washington advocate/woman of color today.
She’s concerned that any candidate in the Democratic Party who thinks things will go back to how they were pre-Trump is behind the eight ball.
None of the old advice applies. And none of the old guard knows what they’re dealing with. Even the historically reliable strategists don’t see what is upon them.
No one’s going stumping for folks who back Trump voters, even those who once voted for Obama.
No one’s even going stumping for those who are trying to court them.
What is plain is that Revolution is upon us. That the values have changed. That we want it all to be different and we don’t want more of them same.
That we want racial justice, that we want LGBTQ justice, that women’s rights and #MeToo aren’t going away.
And that alliances between #BlackLivesMatter, #BlackVotersMatter, and white lefties will win the day.
She was dead clear that catering to the old way of doing things was what got us Trump in the first place.
So vote for candidates who are in it to support the marginalized, not those who cater to those who’ve been privileged forever.
Get with the Revolution (which by the way means remembering that the Midwest isn’t made up entirely of white men), or we all lose. That was the message.
I happen to agree with her wholeheartedly. /end
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