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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStacey Abrams: I keep reading that Abrams "helped" bring Georgia into the Democratic fold...
It's a classic case of a black woman getting second billing. The fact is that Stacey Abrams made it happen and she needs to get full credit for that.
lisa58
(5,777 posts)FarPoint
(13,524 posts)DLCWIdem
(1,580 posts)How do those elections go. Do they put both runoffs on same ballot or use to separate ballots. Can they do mail ins votes?
lisa58
(5,777 posts)I just donated
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)lisa58
(5,777 posts)JI7
(90,241 posts)Brainstormy
(2,421 posts)on Facebook! PLENTY of posts crediting Abrams and thanking her.
apnu
(8,790 posts)The people know even if editors and producers dont.
DLCWIdem
(1,580 posts)RVN VET71
(2,767 posts)Not so much because Stacey's a Black woman as because the editors and producers of the news media are wimps.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)with 67,000,000+ voting for dump, it is and has always been and I fear will always be, "a classic case of a black woman getting second billing". When she was all in and worked her ass off to deliver Ga. to us!!! American news producers never want to help an African-American in a case like this. I remember how relatively quiet they were about her post-election and the voting discrepancies that STOLE the vote from her. TO HELL with the aholes that deny she is the one!!!
paleotn
(19,014 posts)She, like mayor Pete, are rising stars.
LymphocyteLover
(6,557 posts)But clearly Stacey Abrams was the leader and deserves huge praise
tulipsandroses
(6,085 posts)due.
What dems need to do, is follow suit nationwide. Stop going after the " working class vote" - And we know who they are talking about there. Its not the black or brown bus driver, waitress, beautician, " essential workers", nursing assistants. Nah. Those folks are not "working class" I suppose.
Nah, instead we've already turned to scapegoating some of the people in our own party. Without whose hard work, defeating trump would have been impossible. Finger pointing and blaming instead of thinking we have a white supremacy problem, we have a voter suppression problem, we have an ignorant electorate problem, many of whom buy into conspiracy theories.
Take a page out of Stacy Abrams book. Despite record numbers of people voting. We are still not anywhere near the majority of people voting. How about we work to activate those non voters to build up our base, instead of chasing after " the working class" who are NOT coming back or will NEVER be democrats. They do not have democratic values. They will find any damn excuse to not vote for democrats, and then we parrot their bullshit.
NoMoreRepugs
(10,444 posts)A high profile position is in her near term future.
Dopers_Greed
(2,647 posts)Overall, Repugs' effectiveness at GOTV was terrifying though.
We need to beat them at this or we're a minority party forever.
Lonestarblue
(11,558 posts)She would be great at devising a 50-state solution and for working with state Democratic Parties for state elections. We need to focus on winning more state elections.
In 2022, we risk losing more House seats and we have some important US Senate elections. Republicans will be defending 22 seats to our 12, but many of theirs are in reliably red states. I can see a possible pickup for Twomeys seat in PA and maybe Ron Johnsons if he chooses not to run again.
Most of the Democratic seats are safe, although Masto and Hassan might be at risk. Masto won with only 48% and Hassan with 47%. If we fail to win both of the GA seats, well have a chance for a couple of sets in 2022, but that work needs to start soon, and having Stacey Abrams on the job would be great.
OhNo-Really
(3,991 posts)They have kids & grandkids whose future is grim without change.
Ideas? Helmets & bulletproof armor?
Lonestarblue
(11,558 posts)For every federal agency, establish state liaisons to specific groups in a state. For example, the Department of Agriculture meeds one or more liaisons to farmersnot the big agribusiness operations that actually hurt family farmersto learn their challenges and to craft policies that better address their concerns. I confess that I dont know whether federal agencies already have such liaisons, but if theyre Trump appointees theyre useless. I can give an example from my own family of how big businesses hurt farmers. Seeds have been genetically modified so that farmers cannot save the seeds from a crop and reuse them for the next season. They must purchase new seeds each season, adding to their costs. And the seeds are not guaranteed. So if a local seed supplier holds over seeds from one year to the next and those seeds fail, the farmer is out the cost.
And we need to continue to focus on healthcare. Farmers have to buy their own, as do owners and employees of small businesses. We need special liaisons to small business owners, many of whom vote for Republicans because they believe their taxes will be lower.
A second way to help rural areas is to look at how to protect their local or regional hospitals. Hundreds of such hospitals have been closed because they failed to make the kinda of profits demanded by private equity investors.
Another way to help rural community is to take the billions of dollars we now use to subsidize the fossil fuel industry and use it to give incentives to alternative energy manufacturers to locate in smaller communities. Its all about jobs and helping them keep their kids from moving to the cities for work. The coal miners in Kentucky and West Virginia cannot afford to move to West Texas for oil jobs (not that any are available now), but they could keep their homes with work in a solar panel manufacturer in their community. I think this is already part of Bidens plan, though I dont know whether the focus is on smaller rural areas.
We need to address immigration, though this has always been the third rail of US politics. First is to give the DACA kids a path to citizenship. Second is to find a way for people who have worked here for decades to work toward citizenship or to have legal status to work without fear of deportation. This one will be tough because it will enrage lots of people. Next is to look at US aid to countries like El Salvador, and Honduras to increase the effectiveness of programs that encourage industry, job training, and honesty. Gang control will also be a big issue in these countries if we dont want hundreds of thousands of migrants at our borders. Im not against immigration, but the pace needs to be one where the numbers can be assimilated.
We need to focus on opportunity and not social issues. If we counter Republican propaganda about back violence and same-sex marriage and abortion with messaging about job creation and wage increases, well be more successful.
OhNo-Really
(3,991 posts)I agree. We need community not Associations connections
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)mysteryowl
(7,735 posts)She and her organization registered over 800,000 new voters!
wryter2000
(47,277 posts)I just signed up to volunteer for her. Cant wait to get to work.
mysteryowl
(7,735 posts)You will have a very memorable time! Just think of all the new friends you will have too!
Thank you for helping to bring home the TWO democratic senators we need for the essential senate majority!
Keep us on Du updated with your work.
wryter2000
(47,277 posts)Ill be doing it from my phone in CA. I did a little work for NC. Theres really not much to do in the SF Bay Area.
mysteryowl
(7,735 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Adding yours to the loooong list.
SayItLoud
(1,727 posts)leanforward
(1,080 posts)She use to work in the background. In my opinion, my question to her is " how do you like your coffee"?
mahannah
(893 posts)yardwork
(63,817 posts)Abrams led the effort to bring Georgia into the Democratic fold. There. Fixed it for them.
KentuckyWoman
(6,848 posts)And several times since.
Ace Rothstein
(3,278 posts)Then implement everything she did in Georgia in North Carolina.
Celerity
(46,154 posts)mathematic
(1,472 posts)jalan48
(14,299 posts)berlin_expat
(26 posts)I do believe I said Stacey Abrams and all those who helped. I failed to include the word "and" between the words "Stacey Abrams and "all those".
RELAX!
TNNurse
(7,091 posts)Stacey Abrams
Fair Fight
1270 Caroline St. N.E.
Suite D120-311
Atlanta, GA 30307
NCjack
(10,295 posts)her ActBlue link:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fair-fight-1]
Historic NY
(37,771 posts)lets get those 2 Senate Seats and send McConnell to the side lines
Wounded Bear
(60,512 posts)GeoWilliam750
(2,539 posts)We need her out on point making sure that EVERYONE in the US can vote without hindrance.
Without voter suppression the Republican party cannot win except in rural states.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Georgia blue. A miracle worker she is !
liberal N proud
(60,916 posts)She is now known nationally and we have not seen the last of her. This was her FU to the Georgia good ol` boys club.