US Representative,NY-14 (BX & Queens). In a modern, moral, & wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. 
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Ideology + messaging are the spicy convos a lot of people jump to but sometimes it’s about execution and technical capacity. Digital execution was not good, polls were off, ironically DCCC banned the firms who are the best in the country at Facebook bc they work w progressives!
Also, the decision to stop knocking doors is one people need to grapple with and analyze.
@IlhanMN and @RashidaTlaib never stopped and may very well have helped delivered a Biden Presidency bc of ithttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/01/trailer-it-all-comes-down-turnout/ …
There are swing seat Dem incumbents who cosponsored the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, etc and if I’m not mistaken every single one won re-election.
So the whole “progressivism is bad” argument just doesn’t have any compelling evidence that I’ve seen. When it comes to “Defund” & “Socialism” attacks, people need to realize these are racial resentment attacks. You’re not gonna make that go away. You can make it less effective.
How do you make it less effective? Invest in year-round deep canvassing. Data shows that this kind of work helps blunt the force of racial resentment at the polls. If you’re always running away from convos about race, then the only ppl owning it are GOP. You’ll lose.
And on this hand-wringing about slight POC increases for GOP in some areas - this is also an area w answers. But honestly when it comes to Latinos the party’s just never seriously made an effort. Mexicans, Central Am, Caribbean, Chicanos - Cubans are not the only impt community
By the way if white communities are getting more comfortable w overt racism or “cultural resentment” (if that’s what they’re rebranding it now) it’s only gonna get harder for POC turnout to save everyone. Real organizing & strategy is needed that disarms bigotry, not avoids it.
You can’t just tell the Black, Brown, & youth organizers riding in to save us every election to be quiet or not have their reps champion them when they need us. Or wonder why they don’t show up for midterms when they’re scolded for existing. Esp when they’re delivering victories.
And btw I’m happy to cede ground on things that aren’t working in some areas! But finger pointing is not gonna help. There’s real workable & productive paths here if the party is open to us. (After all, I got here by beating a Dem who outspent me 10-1 who I knew had bad polling)
Also, "defund the police" is catchy but misleading and scares people. Also gives GOP a way to frame Dems negatively. We need another way to say "reallocate budgets to prioritize community centered policing."
I agree with you on many, many things,, but strangers NOT showing up at my door to breathe at me was actually a mark in the pro column for the Biden/Harris camp this year. I thought it showed respect for potential voters' & campaign workers' safety that 45...well. Did not.pic.twitter.com/zwpbEjB40f
knocking on doors during a pandemic was reckless. Irresponsible of you to raise that as an issue. By the way. Dems projected to win 35 MORE seats in the House than in 2016. You don't get to cherry pick the best result in years for Dems and they say a slight drop is failure.
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