Time: Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Here's the Plan to Fight Back

[Dennis Donovan]

Time - Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Here's the Plan to Fight Back



By Sen. Elizabeth Warren November 7, 2024 3:34 PM EST

To everyone who feels like their heart has been ripped out of their chest, I feel the same. To everyone who is afraid of what happens next, I share your fears. But what we do next is important, and I need you in this fight with me.

As we confront a second Donald Trump presidency, we have two tasks ahead. First, try to learn from what happened. And then, make a plan.

Many political experts and D.C. insiders are already blaming President Joe Biden’s economic agenda for Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss. This does not stand up to scrutiny. Even though the Biden economy produced strong economic growth while reining in inflation, incumbent parties across the globe have been tossed out by voters after the pandemic. American voters also showed support for Democratic economic policies, for example, approving ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage in Alaska and to guarantee paid sick leave in Missouri.

But good economic policies do not erase painful underlying truths about our country. For my entire career, I’ve studied how the system is rigged against working-class families. On paper, the U.S. economy is the strongest in the world. But working families are struggling with big expenses like the cost of housing, health care, and childcare. Giant corporations get tax breaks and favorable rules while workers are gouged by higher prices. Billionaires pay paltry taxes on their wealth while families can’t afford to buy their first homes.

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[berniesandersmittens]

1. The Persisterhood lives

Thank you Sen. Warren.

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: Democrats should also acknowledge that seeking a middle ground with a man who calls immigrants “animals” and says he will “protect” women “whether the women like it or not” is unlikely to land in a good place. Uniting against Trump’s legislative agenda is good politics because it is good policy. It was Democratic opposition to Trump’s tax bill that drove Trump’s approval ratings to what was then the lowest levels of his administration, forcing Republicans to scrap all mention of the law ahead of the 2018 midterm election and helping spark one of the largest blue waves in recent history.
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She ends with this: ( bolding mine)

To those feeling despair: I understand. But remember, every step toward progress in American history came after the darkness of defeat. Abolitionists, suffragettes, Dreamers, and marchers for civil rights and marriage equality all faced impossible odds, but they persisted. Now it is our turn to pull up our socks and get back in the fight.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. I Wish I Cared

After all the platitudes these past few years, and how all this effort was going to defeat DT, to instead lose the White House, Senate, and fail to take back the House, I'm honestly without much hope.

I have a fucking life, and unlike Elizabeth, I'm not a politician. I am under no illusion about what's going to occur over the next 2, 4 or 40 years, thanks to a SC majority that will endure the rest of my lifetime.

Still waiting for the Democrat willing to come out and say how absolutely FUCKED we are going forward. After fighting against a complete degenerate, hearing 24 hours after the execution, that it's time to start anew, rings hollow.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but a majority of the American people are basically Pieces Of Shit. I'm tired, and I wish there were an option to leave this shithole of a country. A part of me wonders if I'll survive the next 4 years. I expect to either be shot or beaten up by a MAGA I get into an argument with at some point.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

3. I've just discovered Warren's book,

This Fight Is Our Fight, published in 2017 right at the beginning of the first Trump term. She might have written the same book today. My deja vu has been amazing.