Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 10, 2023

CLAIM: Dems must be more moderate to win elections

Ok. Let's unpack that.

A living wage is moderate—a poverty wage is extreme

Guaranteed healthcare is moderate—denying care is extreme

Racial justice is moderate—racism is extreme

Climate justice is moderate—denying climate science is extreme

Reject GOP Framing. Lean confidently into our ideas based on facts and justice because that wins elections.

Show threadKevin LeecasterJul 10, 2023

@QasimRashid
Claim: All politics is local.

Ok. Let's unpack that.

Yes, that's very true. Not every constituency looks like AOC's and Bernie's.

Show threadarceuthobiumJul 10, 2023
@GreenFire @QasimRashid Dems have been absolutely slaughtered in rural areas they dominated until this last decade and it’s not AOC’s fault.
Show threadKevin LeecasterJul 10, 2023

@theothersimo @QasimRashid
Here in the rural, red district that I live in, the sloppy and poor messaging of their #GreenNewDeal was directly responsible for turning it from blue to red, but whatever perhaps you also live in a red district and are trying to turn it blue too, idk where your opinion comes from.

All elections depend on the local situation rather than just what polls best in the most populous places ergo we get people like MTG and an even better example in a 50/50 district, Luna.

Show threadarceuthobiumJul 10, 2023
@GreenFire @QasimRashid but yeah, the party establishment’s hanging future generations out to sue by denouncing the Green New Deal was also bad.
Show threadKevin Leecaster
@theothersimo @QasimRashid
It's not what Democrats say about stuff that matters in my experience. It's what the mainstream and social media influencers say that affects the independent voters and the nonvoters to the left of us Democrats that seems to affect the elections the most, but I'm glad that the primary election in your district had enough turnout to avoid a Manchin-like general election candidate on the ballot.
Jul 10, 2023 at 8:31pmWeb