Marj Halperin: Democratic voters want more of everything
What, exactly, does the Democratic base want? More. More of everything. Including new leaders.
When will Democrats step up to “flood the zone” with the vigorous fight for our democracy that this moment demands?
Our elected leaders repeatedly complain about President Donald Trump’s domination of the daily news cycle. Why didn’t it occur to them then that Democrats could do the same, holding a news conference every single day to shine a light on the three most egregious ways Trump and Elon Musk are stealing our freedoms? There is no shortage of fodder for daily “save our freedoms” news conferences, whether it’s arrogantly tossing public services such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Park Service into the wood chipper, launching an ill-conceived trade war that is hurting American farmers and consumers, or pushing the SAVE Act that would deny the right to vote to married women whose current identification doesn’t match the name on their birth certificate (that’s some 67 million). Yet, so far, we see very little pushback from Democratic leaders.
