Blue Rose Research, the firm led by Democratic establishment darling David Shor, produced a memo earlier this month digging into the effectiveness of various messages related to Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C. The firm advised that messaging around Trump’s “rising authoritarianism” was “highly unconvincing,” while messages that say Trump wants to “distract” from his damaging tariffs or horrifying Medicaid cuts were more effective. Meanwhile, Republican messaging about how Trump is clamping down on gang violence tested through the roof.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) was asked Sunday on CNN what the party’s plan is to fight the president sending troops into Chicago. He only offered that Trump has no authority to do this, and that he supports the men and women working in law enforcement. He also, as the Blue Rose memo suggested is effective, cast the federal takeover as a “distraction” from Trump’s unpopular policies. Jeffries didn’t seem too worked up about any of this, delivering his talking points with a complacency that certainly did not bely that the United States is currently experiencing a militarized dismantling of representative democracy.
[Hakeem Jeffries] also, as the Blue Rose memo suggested is effective, cast the federal takeover as a “distraction” from Trump’s unpopular policies.
The future of our country is at stake…and this is our leadership?
Democrat leadership continues to be clueless about the lived experience of Americans and will be baffled at their own inability to wrest control from the fascists. I’m sure that when the regime outlaws the democrat party it will come as a huge surprise. “How did this happen? Where did this come from?” they will say as they are either dragged away or swear loyalty to MAGA.
You mean when Trump start rounding them up, they’ll beg for “someone” to “do something” about it!
Gee I wonder if they’re getting paid by the same oligarchs who want to implement an authoritarian police state in order to quell populist revolts before people start pulling them out of their houses like the Romanovs?
Why the fuck do they listen to these idiots?
This country and its people are fucking stupid. Shit is literally unfolding in front of their own eyes, yet they still support Donnie.
“Guys remember: the point isn’t about winning it’s about pointing to Trump’s poo poo diaper and laughing! Then we lose the future elections, keep all the donations, and don’t have to upset our
ownersdonors by enacting any policy the voters want!”Meanwhile on Fox news:
GAH! Trigger warning, please!
If you live in the USA, CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES! https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
Those of you who are new, this is the inevitable defeat of [insert your Democratic candidate here] as it has always been. This is why Harris’ messaging started out gangbusters and was eventually smothered.
After trumps first installment in office by Putin, the DNC - no shit, i’ll find it if I have to - decided the midterm platform should be “Better Jobs”. 😱
But it’s not a new phenomenon, it’s as old as sleazy marketing itself.
And here’s what it’s telling us right now: the DNC isn’t seeing how it’s done. The only thing they’ve seen is Bernie/AOC and they’re unconvinced.
And immediately before you go shitting on the DNC again, I’d remind you this is the case with any non-fascist party. They will have disagreements on messaging.
So let’s tell them what we want! Write your reps and senators (presuming they’re Dems, DNC if they’re not) and tell them. They’re in the bubble, they need some sticking.
So let’s tell them what we want!
I hope you have a megaphone that spews money.
If that’s what you’re waiting on, you’re in a little bit of trouble then.
Armchair quarterback here, but I think the messaging is only as convincing as person sending the message.
The research may show that the current messaging is not convincing. But does that mean it will never be convincing? Or does it mean that the democrats aren’t doing a good enough job of convincing people?
Armchair fullback, here. The moment they let David Hogg go was the moment that opportunity slipped through their fingers. The problem is nobody was paying attention. The Democrats have no message, once again. They are being neutered by internalized and entrenched incompetence. They consistently choose the worst options because there’s no flight left in them and when there is they spend it fighting each other. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was the end of the party. Super delegates still exist within the party. These are not leaders. These are failures. Get rid of super delegates in current form and we might have a small chance at even discussing recovery.
I can’t wait to see what happens when Little t actually deploys some other states’ Nat Guard troops to Chicago. It will not go the way it did in California.
It will not go the way it did in California.
California was systematically disarmed during the Civil Rights era so that wouldn’t surprise me, but just in case how common is gun ownership in Chicago?
IL has fairly tight gun laws, Chicago more so, but oh there are guns for sure.
I’m more interested in seeing the governor’s response.
