No Kings. The biggest protests in American history. Millions of us showed up. Now it's time to channel that energy into something that lasts. A Democratic Party with new leaders, real opposition, and the spine to take on power.
As we marched, they schemed. All 50 states. The biggest protests in American history. And at the exact same time, Democratic leaders actively preserved Trump's war powers. Jeffries, Schumer, and Meeks do not represent this party.
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“More than 80 Democratic House candidates across the country were either non-committal on backing Jeffries' leadership or outright opposed to it. It's only gotten worse.”
“Most Democrats are agreed that he's been failing to meet the moment.”
— Adam Hamawy, candidate NJ-12
The press is circling this. What reporters need is evidence that voters are asking the question too.
Democratic voters showed up. All 50 states. Their leaders schemed. The base is smarter, braver, and more prepared than the people running the party. Here is the proof.
Drop Site News reported that Senate Democrats privately wanted Trump to prosecute the war on Iran. Let him weaken Iran. Let him take the political hit. Except 92 percent of their own voters oppose the military action. Five percent support it. Five percent. They left the war powers of the United States in the hands of a man they call a threat to democracy because it was politically convenient.
“House Democrats had the votes. Three Republicans were ready to cross the aisle. They declined to bring the resolution to the floor.”
— Drop Site News
1,900+ dead. The war is a month old. Democratic voters oppose it 92 to 5.
Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat who has been in office since 2009, was asked this week whether he supports Chuck Schumer as minority leader. His answer: "Do I look stupid?" His best defense of Schumer was that nobody fundraises harder. Not that he's winning fights. Not that he's stopping anything. That he raises money.
“Democratic voters deserve a leader whose best quality isn't fundraising. They're ready for better. The leadership isn't.”
— Corbin Trent, A Fight Worth Having
When Trump deployed military and federal authorities to DC, Hakeem Jeffries pointed to a letter from the DC Attorney General. "I thought that was a strongly worded letter," he said. When Trump froze $2.2 billion in Harvard's funding, Schumer announced: "We sent him a very strong letter asking eight very strong questions." Strongly worded letters is not a strategy. It's a eulogy.
“Is this a constitutional crisis or a Jane Austen novel?”
— Seth Meyers
Democratic voters are ready for more. Their leaders are not.
The insulation that protects this leadership is not an accident. It is a structure. And the people in the streets just proved they are ready to break it.
SEE WHERE THEY STANDarrow_downwardTrump is at 36 percent. The war is unpopular. The conditions for a wave election are forming right now. But voters don't turn out to replace one party that manages the decline with another party that manages the decline.
They turn out when they believe something will actually change. New leadership is how we build a Democratic Party that fights. This is the first step.
Every Democratic incumbent and candidate should have to answer one question before they get one dollar of grassroots money, one hour of volunteer time, or one endorsement from anyone who was in the streets:
Will you commit to new leadership in the House and Senate? YES or NO?
250 more incumbents haven't been asked yet.
Show up. Town halls. Campaign events. Candidate forums. You ask the question. You film the answer. You film the dodge.
Don't see your rep? That means they haven't been asked yet. That's the mission. Help us get every Democrat on the record.
Put your name on the record. Tell voters where you stand on new leadership. Forward this to candidates and campaigns you believe in.
Jeffries' Last Primary
23,145 total votes made him the “unbeatable” House Democratic leader. He is a guy who won a low-turnout primary in a safe district.
92 percent of Democratic voters oppose the military action in Iran. Five percent support it. Leadership left war powers in Trump's hands anyway.
The conditions for a wave election are forming right now. But waves require contrast. That requires leaders who understand what is at stake.
More than 80 Democratic House candidates are non-committal or opposed. Warner won't defend Schumer. The press is asking the question. The candidates are hedging. The base is done.
For every person who showed up to No Kings, dozens stayed home convinced it wouldn't matter. We have to make sure it does. That starts with building a Democratic Party that actually fights. Here's how.
Town halls. Campaign events. Candidate forums. Anywhere a Democratic candidate is taking questions. You ask the question. You film the answer. You film the dodge. We will help you find the events. We will give you the questions. We will help you get the footage out. What we cannot supply is a constituent in that room. That is you.
One video of a candidate saying yes becomes a template. One video of a candidate dodging becomes the story. The press is circling this. What reporters need is evidence that voters are asking the question too. You showing up and putting it online is that evidence. If you have a following, even a modest one, push the clips. This spreads through people, not algorithms.
Connect with other people in your congressional district who are ready to hold candidates accountable. Coordinate who shows up where, track local events, share footage, and make sure no town hall goes uncovered. Tell us your ZIP code and we will plug you into your district team.
A Fight Worth Having is a super PAC that runs independent expenditure campaigns behind candidates willing to take on their own party, take on corporate money, and take on the lobbying operations that have turned Congress into a permission slip for the donor class. We don't wait for the party to anoint someone. We find the fighters and we back them.
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Yesterday millions of us proved we are not done fighting. Now we channel that energy into something that lasts. A Democratic Party rebuilt from the ground up. New leaders. Real opposition. The spine to take on power and the vision to use it.
Let's Make It An Inferno.
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