Hi John,
I’ll be honest: No Labels' work can feel frustrating. We’re operating as a movement committed to common sense, civility, and giving power to the middle at a moment when Washington doesn’t value those things. We’re constantly pushing a rock up a hill only to see it roll back again.
But some moments remind me why we are doing this, and we could transform American politics.
On our latest episode of No Labels Talks (which I’m proud to host weekly and you can listen to here), we were joined by journalist Matt Taibbi, who, among other notable accomplishments, helped break the Twitter Files story a few years back which revealed the scandalous collusion between social media companies and government agencies to censor Americans’ speech.
During our Q&A segment, one of our members asked Taibbi if there was still a pathway for No Labels to disrupt the status quo despite not running a Unity ticket in this election. His response? Absolutely.
Here’s what he said:
“I think there's a tremendous opportunity right now to [disrupt the two-party duopoly] because there has never been a situation where the public has been more ready to embrace something else than right now. They're not just curious. They are enraged.”
Far too many in Washington don’t get this. They’ve worked tirelessly to undermine voices like ours because they fear losing their grip on power. But they fail to understand that Americans are reaching their breaking point. Taibbi captured this disconnect perfectly when he said:
“The compact between the educated elites and the rest of the country has been broken. The sense of noblesse oblige is gone—There’s a contempt for ordinary people that didn't exist before. And as a result of that, what you've ended up with is bad governance that is tuned out to the needs of ordinary people.”
At No Labels, we’re determined to give a voice back to ordinary Americans and to give power back to the great commonsense American middle. Real change takes time, but we’re committed to fighting for it—and with your help, we’ll make it a reality.
Ryan Clancy
No Labels
