“Democrats will lose in 2018 if they don't shut up about civility and shout about our democracy dying”
Check out Anthea Butler's opinion piece for NBC. A welcome counter to the pearl-clutching dribble about “civility” that continues to clutter the national conversation.
First, a sobering wake up call:
Rejoice, Republicans, you will have another majority on your hands, because Democratic messaging for the 2018 election cycle is nonexistent.
Harsh? Not even. The unimaginative leaders of the Democratic Party — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez — have been playing nice and talking about the virtues of "civility," while the Republican Party has been accusing Democrats of backing Communism and supporting the violent street gang MS-13.
The stakes couldn’t be higher.
The minority party has to start playing the long game, and playing it to win, or we're all going to suffer ...
The inability of Democratic leadership to come up with a coherent message to engage and battle Trumpism and the Republican party is unconscionable: Trump’s daily chaos and his policy upheaval should frame every utterance from the Democratic Party.
The whole article is well worth the read.
Let the DNC know how you feel.