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Today should be about honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. The heart and hope of the civil rights movement — Dr.
King’s dream shocked the conscience of our nation and challenged us to
live up to our highest ideals.

That hope for a better America is Dr. King's legacy — and as heirs of that
legacy today we are called upon to take a stand against racial and
economic injustice.

That’s what I’ll be thinking about today. I’ll be at the inauguration — I
believe it’s important to see it with my own eyes. This is a serious
look-in-the-mirror moment for our country.

Donald Trump’s swearing-in will initiate an era where our nation will be
tested at every turn. It's also the starting block for what Democrats will
need to do over the next four years to limit his damage and win back
working people.

Look, if Trump’s recent promises to bring down costs for working families
and unrig our economy are legitimate, then I’ll do anything it takes to
see those promises follow through.

But I’ve seen this one before.

During Trump’s 2016 run, he swore he would drain the swamp. He talked the
talk of economic populism and rooting out corruption. That version of his
presidency didn’t come to pass.

In reality, he surrounded himself with the lobbyists and billionaires who
run the swamp and feed off government favors. Trump and his circle
collectively control billions of dollars of wealth. While running the
government, they had the power to scratch each other’s backs and turn
those billions into hundreds of billions more.

In reality, the $2 trillion in tax breaks he passed was mostly sucked up
by billionaires and giant corporations — and offered the very worst of
trickle-down economics. Our tax code today allows the 1,000 billionaires
in America to pay an average federal tax rate that's far less than the
vast majority of Americans pay.

He turned the keys to our government over to a group of Wall Street
insiders, billionaires, and CEOs.

All while giving a wink and a nod to right-wing extremists and white
supremacists — his version of making America great.

He described the participants of a deadly white supremacist rally in
Charlottesville as very fine people.

After a violent mob of domestic terrorists — incited by Trump — attacked
the Capitol and tried to overturn the results of a presidential election
that he lost, he called it a beautiful thing, a day of love.

He made one racist remark after another, and applied that rhetoric to
racist policies — from the “total and complete” ban on Muslims entering
the country to his ongoing effort to build a monument to hate on our
southern border.

He did everything he could to 1) tip the economic scales toward
billionaires and corporations and 2) stir up racial hatred in this
country. Then he turned those two initiatives into a political strategy.

Donald Trump’s central message is that if there’s anything wrong in your
life, if you’re struggling to get by, you should blame “them” — and “them”
means people who aren’t the same color as you, weren’t born where you were
born, don’t worship the same way you do, or don’t live their lives the way
you would.

So today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day where we are called upon to
uphold his legacy and take a stand against racial and economic injustice,
we will inaugurate a man who is a walking antithesis of that legacy.

What can we do now?

There will be no shortage of horrifying initiatives over the next few
years. But as the party out of power, there are still levers Democrats can
pull to limit the damage of this administration — from Congressional
oversight to the courts.

While we do that, we must earn back the trust of working people to start
to chart a different direction for our country.

We do that by embracing bold economic policies that will make a
considerable difference in the lives of working people. We know these
ideas are popular. American voters showed up for Democratic economic
policies last year — approving ballot initiatives to raise the minimum
wage in Alaska and guarantee paid sick leave in Missouri, for example.
We’ve got to keep championing those ideas and not shy away to avoid
upsetting corporate billionaires.

For inspiration, think back to Franklin Roosevelt. When FDR said he would
take on corporations and Wall Street, he didn’t mince words. He called out
the “privileged princes” and “economic royalty” running corporate America.
And when the titans of commerce went after him with vicious attacks, he
didn’t back down. Instead he declared, “I welcome their hatred.”

What did we get out of this approach? Social Security. Unemployment
insurance. Abolition of child labor. Minimum wage. The right to join a
union. Even the very existence of the weekend.

All we need today is that courage. Courage to stand up to billionaire and
corporate donors. Courage to make the wealthiest and most powerful people
in this country a little uncomfortable. Courage to shake off any instinct
to show how eager we are to compromise and stand by a half-baked plan.

At every turn, Democrats need to expose the hypocrisy between what Trump
says he’ll do for working families, and what he actually does. Like how he
made big promises on the campaign trail last year to make groceries less
expensive, and then, after getting elected, he began to say it would
actually be "hard" to bring down grocery prices.

And we need to be unwavering when it comes to standing up for immigrant
families, trans people, patients seeking an abortion, and everyone else
who will be targeted by this administration.

To everyone who is afraid of what happens next, I share your fears. But we
need to remember that the political position we’re in is not permanent.

Every step toward progress in American history came after the darkness of
defeat. Abolitionists, suffragists, Dreamers, advocates for marriage
equality, and marchers for civil rights behind Dr. King all faced
impossible odds, but they persisted, and they won. What we do next is
important, and I need you in this fight with me.

Thanks for being a part of this,

Elizabeth






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