'There’s no substance to their style: no policy agenda or plans to make America greater—just trolling, fame seeking and self-enrichment.'
. The legislative fights of 2017 revealed the emperor had no clothes—there was no Republican healthcare plan despite a decade of fighting the ACA. And there still is no plan today, because the GOP doesn’t offer solutions, only attacks. voted against reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program
earlier this year. This program helps match cancer patients and others needing a bone marrow transplant with matching donors. The NMDP saves lives—including people I know. People like me. But these Republican members of Congress chose to perform to an angry MAGA crowd instead of supporting or writing their own legislation that would benefit others.
, creating millions of new jobs and truly making America stronger. Yet only 13 Republicans in the House voted for this. The Trump White House pushed “infrastructure week” endlessly throughout his four years in office, but never produced anything concrete. It took a Democratic president and Congress to move policy that would benefit millions of Americans. And the popular Trumpism is hollow at its core. It’s organized around defining and attacking the enemy, pitting Americans against each other in hate instead of offering and delivering on a better future.
The world around us is getting ever more complicated and scary—from extreme weather events like hurricanes, flooding and wildfires driven by climate change, to global pandemics, the rising cost of everyday goods and housing, healthcare, things everyone needs. This struggle is set against the backdrop of the loss of millions of good paying blue collar and manufacturing jobs in America over the past several decades.
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