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In reply to the discussion: we need a democratic tea part movement [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,877 posts)that has of course, strayed away from their purported original focus, to now include all the RW christo-fascist, anti-everything but themselves "Freedom Caucus". They were also enabled by clever GOP maneuvering that allowed them to take over state governments at all levels, leading up to and during a census year, meaning they could then redraw the lines in their own favor. That further boosted their power beyond any statistical meaning with respect to actual party affiliation in a locality. They then promptly began to enact ALEC-manufactured legislation to further tighten their grip on our states, forcing us to spend more time in the courts to save the electorate from truly dystopian laws, than have time properly organizing that electorate to engage in the process and run for office.
This time we are (hopefully) getting ourselves ready for the 2020 census and that means taking back our states and getting people trained and ready to run for office.
What we are seeing is a hyper-local, grassroots effort, but one that recognizes certain values shared by most if not all Democrats.