There was a time not too long ago, when imagining the worst that could happen under Trump 2.0 seemed like being too reactionary. We felt we should calm down and not runaround with our hair on fire. No longer. We are firmly on a path toward making Viktor Orban seem tame.
What to do?
-pick them off one at a time (no, not literally). Identify…
There was a time not too long ago, when imagining the worst that could happen under Trump 2.0 seemed like being too reactionary. We felt we should calm down and not runaround with our hair on fire. No longer. We are firmly on a path toward making Viktor Orban seem tame.
What to do?
-pick them off one at a time (no, not literally). Identify the worst of his team, and find their vulnerability. Expose their action so that they will make Trump look bad. He will then fire him for us. One could argue that this has already happened with Vivek and Gaetz.
-Similar to the above. Find and exploit a wedge between Trump and Musk. We can utilize Steve Bannon to help publicize this issue. If we can get Trump to break up with Musk, that will buy us time to work on the others. Musk is an urgent threat that can do irreversible damage to the country.
- get a party spokesperson who can have regular news conferences where can do a few things (see below). These person needs to be able to speak in a calm common sense manner. No hyperbole. Be able to go on podcasts and Fox news
- Clear up the lies that Trump spoke that week.
- Lay out that what Trump is doing, is the Project 2025 playbook
- Make the case that when when said Trump was a fascist, we didn't mean Hitler, we meant Viktor Orban. Then show the parallels. Keep doing this until it sinks in.
"-pick them off one at a time (no, not literally). Identify the worst of his team, and find their vulnerability. Expose their action so that they will make Trump look bad"
" Musk is an urgent threat that can do irreversible damage to the country."
Well "Big Balls", one of Musk's DOGE boys, was just picked off. Thanks to 'Wired'
"These person needs to be able to speak in a calm common sense manner. No hyperbole. Be able to go on podcasts and Fox news"
I nominate Pete Buttigieg. He would be perfect for this.
All of your ideas are great. I've also been saying that the people who voted for Trump will have to suffer -- a lot -- before they (might) change their minds about voting for neo-fascists -- Trump or anyone else.
Since Democrats for the time being have very little power to stop the Trump insanity (Trump has the WH, Congress, and the courts), they need to communicate clearly, regularly, and effectively about what Trump is doing (as you say, link it to Project 2025 and how he lied about knowing anything about it) and who it's bad for: farmers, workers, women, middle class, etc.
As you point out, podcasts, social media, and Fox News are where these messages might break through. Effective communication may be our only hope.
There was a time not too long ago, when imagining the worst that could happen under Trump 2.0 seemed like being too reactionary. We felt we should calm down and not runaround with our hair on fire. No longer. We are firmly on a path toward making Viktor Orban seem tame.
What to do?
-pick them off one at a time (no, not literally). Identify the worst of his team, and find their vulnerability. Expose their action so that they will make Trump look bad. He will then fire him for us. One could argue that this has already happened with Vivek and Gaetz.
-Similar to the above. Find and exploit a wedge between Trump and Musk. We can utilize Steve Bannon to help publicize this issue. If we can get Trump to break up with Musk, that will buy us time to work on the others. Musk is an urgent threat that can do irreversible damage to the country.
- get a party spokesperson who can have regular news conferences where can do a few things (see below). These person needs to be able to speak in a calm common sense manner. No hyperbole. Be able to go on podcasts and Fox news
- Clear up the lies that Trump spoke that week.
- Lay out that what Trump is doing, is the Project 2025 playbook
- Make the case that when when said Trump was a fascist, we didn't mean Hitler, we meant Viktor Orban. Then show the parallels. Keep doing this until it sinks in.
"-pick them off one at a time (no, not literally). Identify the worst of his team, and find their vulnerability. Expose their action so that they will make Trump look bad"
" Musk is an urgent threat that can do irreversible damage to the country."
Well "Big Balls", one of Musk's DOGE boys, was just picked off. Thanks to 'Wired'
"These person needs to be able to speak in a calm common sense manner. No hyperbole. Be able to go on podcasts and Fox news"
I nominate Pete Buttigieg. He would be perfect for this.
All of your ideas are great. I've also been saying that the people who voted for Trump will have to suffer -- a lot -- before they (might) change their minds about voting for neo-fascists -- Trump or anyone else.
Since Democrats for the time being have very little power to stop the Trump insanity (Trump has the WH, Congress, and the courts), they need to communicate clearly, regularly, and effectively about what Trump is doing (as you say, link it to Project 2025 and how he lied about knowing anything about it) and who it's bad for: farmers, workers, women, middle class, etc.
As you point out, podcasts, social media, and Fox News are where these messages might break through. Effective communication may be our only hope.