Why Democrats' post-Roe 'go vote' messaging is backfiring — badly.
We shouldn't bothsides this. The Democratic base is right to be angry — and"go vote" is not a plan. But itimportant to highlight the power of voting in this moment of progressive despair, even though top Democrats shouldn't be the ones doing it.ahead of last month's Roe ruling were powerful to me. They symbolized an oppressive yet untouchable institution. And I think it’s valuable for progressives to remember that even this court is subject to the will of the people.
But this isn’t really the point top Democrats like President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, or Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are making right now. Each of them campaigned on the idea that Democrats winning the White House and both chambers of Congress would usher progressive agenda into law, and that hasn’t been the case.restore federal abortion rights if they keep the House this NovemberThat promise was foolish in 2020, and it’s foolish now.
Collectively, Democrats would be better off leaving the organizing to the voters who put them in office. In fact, President Biden and Speaker Pelosi spurned the very voters they’re trying to energize now when they each backed anti-abortion nominees for
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