It turns out Democrats can fight for things and it can … work?
That approach is the exact opposite of the one that has long been preached by liberal pundits, campaign strategists, and southern Democratic parties in particular. For years, it has been treated as common sense that Democrats in red and purple states need to triangulate aggressively and make themselves increasingly indistinguishable from Republicans. Their efforts are often based on highlighting similarities to Republicans, not maximizing their differences. Fund the police.
In a little over a week, Jones and Pearson have shown that fighting back is a winner both policy-wise and politically—and they’ve even drawn a national spotlight to the extremely anti-democratic practices that shut Democrats out of power in the first place. Indeed, a group of Democratic U.S. senators, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Raphael Warnock, just formally petitioned Attorney General Merrick Garland to have the Justice Department investigate the expulsion of Jones and Pearson. In their
, they ask that the DOJ determine “whether any violations of the United States Constitution or federal civil rights laws have occurred, and to take all steps necessary to uphold the democratic integrity of our nation’s legislative bodies.”If those Tennessee Republicans don’t ultimately face scrutiny from the feds, they’re at least getting a drubbing at home. Last week, it seemed like fighting for their principles would cost Jones and Pearson their jobs.
It’s easy to forget now that abortion rights have been widely embraced as a political winner for Democrats nationally, but the conversation and strategy on abortion followed a similar line until very recently. Democrats tiptoed around the issue and were hesitant to say the word outright or pledge any firm action.
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