Here’s a question I got after the election:
Personally, I don’t. I think that a lot of voters really don’t like fake people.
They’re sick and tired of fake politicians. So what I actually think is worse is saying something you don’t believe.
If during the entire campaign season, you’re saying that you’re “down with trans people or the LGBT community”, and then you lose an election and the next day you say “All that stuff was wrong” — I actually think what people are more upset about is that someone was doing something they didn’t believe and just saying it.
If you weren’t about that life, why did you campaign as if you were? That is the actual, core issue of the problem.
Now, I will say I think that there are some things that the Left — an activist left — can do to ensure that we remain committed to growing a mass movement.
There are pockets of the Left that are sometimes the most amplified online, that are built on a policing structure – and those elements can drive people away, put them off, etc. I think we saw a lot of that this year.
That’s different than fighting for people.
And if we actually want to change things, we need to get real about building a mass movement for guaranteed healthcare, bold climate action, and a better world for working people across the country.
In solidarity,
Alexandria
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