Bernie Sanders has a warning for Democrats. Do not campaign solely on women’s reproductive rights. Include the economy and Republican economic fails.
Bernie Sanders
Recently Sanders wrote the following in his op-ed titled “Democrats shouldn’t focus only on abortion in the midterms. That’s a mistake,” an important article.
As someone who has a lifetime 100% pro-choice voting record, and is outraged by the supreme court’s horrific decision to overturn Roe v Wade, there is no question but that Democrats must continue to focus on the right of women to control their own bodies. This is a fight that most Americans want us to wage and, given the Republicans’ extremist position on the issue, makes them genuinely vulnerable.
rd’ economy isn’t working – can Democrats convince voters they can fix it?
Note that the Republicans are not concentrating solely on inflation. They are dinging Democrats on immigration, “defund the police,” and many other issues concurrently. The intent is to throw so much out there in addition to their central argument that the voter is so confused that they say, ‘To hell with it, I will just try Republicans, again.”
Bernie continued.
But, as we enter the final weeks of the 2022 midterm elections, I am alarmed to hear the advice that many Democratic candidates are getting from establishment consultants and directors of well-funded Super Pacs that the closing argument of Democrats should focus only on abortion. Cut the 30-second abortion ads and coast to victory.
I disagree. In my view, while the abortion issue must remain on the front burner, it would be political malpractice for Democrats to ignore the state of the economy and allow Republican lies and distortions to go unanswered.
I am constantly perplexed by many Democrats who are content with advice from high-priced pollsters and analysts who have little understanding of the likely Democratic and should-be voters that should be a Democrat based on their economic condition. It is fool-hearted and will likely bite Democrats in the butt if they don’t make a change now.
Bernie presents the “why” every Progressive activist knows from being in the communities.
This country has, for decades, faced structural economic crises that have caused the decline of the American middle class. Now is the time for Democrats to take the fight to the reactionary Republican party and expose their anti-worker views on the most important issues facing ordinary Americans. That is both the right thing to do from a policy perspective and good politics.
We have more income and wealth inequality than at any time in the modern history of this country, with three people owning more wealth than the bottom half of our nation. Is there one Republican prepared to raise taxes on billionaires, or do they want to make a bad situation worse by extending Trump’s tax breaks for the rich and repealing the estate tax?
It is time to blame women enslavement, inflation, immigration chaos, and defunding the cops. It is not difficult to throw it all on them, not just as obstructionists but as selfish people owned by the wealthy few. Our Politics Done Right family, “the PDR Posse,” continues to preach this online and on-air. But we don’t have the resources the DCCC, DSCC, and other establishment organizations have. So we urge these organizations to talk to the leaders and activists in the communities that should be voting on the side of their real values and economics.
