We finally have a Covid relief package and the reason is clear: Republicans finally stopped saying no. Chuck Schumer made it very clear from the floor of the Senate last night, saying the delay “was caused by a Republican majority that didn’t want to vote the monies desperately needed by the American people.” Yet even on MSNBC this morning, the narrative was unchanged. “Congress” finally made a deal, and there was speculating about what finally motivated Nancy Pelosi.
The Biden Administration continues to build a balanced, talented, and patriotic team to begin governing on January 20, 2021. There is another important change coming along to Democratic politics in America, The election of a new Democratic National Committee chair is imminent. Whoever the incoming DNC Chair is, he or she must actively smash the narrative that Democrats are responsible for Republican conduct.
While Americans were going hungry and the clock ticked on the federal evictions moratorium, Republicans in the Senate did nothing. Democrats went to the table repeatedly, only to have Republicans just say no, while the press reported both Parties were equally at fault. Republicans have been on message, and on brand for years. No matter which media outlet you turned into on any given day, no matter which Republican was speaking, they were all saying the same things, and it worked. Democrats must do the same.
Regardless of where a Democrat lies on the political spectrum, the facts remain unchanged. It is Democrats in Congress who consistently work on behalf of the American people, and for what most Americans support: sensible gun safety, jobs that pay a living wage, quality public schools, affordable, quality healthcare, and Covid relief to help the millions of Americans who have lost work, can’t afford to feed their families and pay their bills, and who are facing eviction while Republicans refuse to do anything until they’re finally worried in the 11th hour, not about the American people. What they’re worried about is the outcome of the election in Georgia.
Americans deserve a government that works, and a free press that practices ethical journalism as the framers of our constitution intended. Access journalism is upending our democracy on a daily basis. It is time to hold the media accountable. No platform for lies, innuendo or extremes with no basis in reason or fact. We are are duty bound as Democrats, and as citizens, to speak the truth about who the Republicans are and what they are doing to the American people. One more time, and a little louder for our Democratic colleagues in the back.
JOB ONE: TELL AMERICA WHO THE REPUBLICANS ARE.
We can all agree on that.