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Maybe the Democratic Party doesn't need winning advice from a two-time Trump voter, Salon [1]

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Date: 2022-09-20

It is important to acknowledge you were wrong. Acknowledging you were wrong has meaning to a whole lot of people as a recognition that an error was made and you will work to fix it. Throughout the article on Salon, Logis acknowledges the error of his ways and seeks to adjust for it. He says that he will make amends and he sees the wrong that has been done. After all, working to fix a problem is ... oh ... wait ... hold on ...

My new organization, Listen. Lead. Unite., is dedicated to healing America's political trauma by bringing together communities and elected leaders to collaborate on nonpartisan economic, educational and quality-of-life solutions.

We Homo sapiens are a binary species; I believe Americans deserve a healthy two-party system.

In my view, the Democratic Party is relatively healthy, although it has two major blind spots: It takes for granted many historically Democratic voting blocs — such as religious minorities, LGBTQ citizens and Black and Latino voters — and it almost entirely ignores rural America.

Oh yes. I’ve heard this before. He’s found help. Now please donate to support his efforts to keep him going. He needs your money to build out more community healers. Humans, after all, as he points out, are a “binary species” (we are not) and then, within the context of the article he goes on to point out that the Democratic Party is in decent health but takes for granted LGBTQ+, Black, and Latino voters. This is being said during a time when the Democratic Party is actively pushing to secure the voting rights of Black and Latino voters while Republicans are pushing back, and Democratic Party members are working to enshrine the right to marriage equity in the law while Republicans are refusing. So I guess when it comes to “taking them for granted,” Logis’ definition is something very different than anything I am remotely aware of as I have always assumed it means doing very little or absolutely nothing. In the last two years and under Obama, more advancements were made than ever while Donald J. Trump and his own favorite Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—to whom he refers as someone he saw as reasonable once—worked hard to stomp out the rights of immigrants, potential voters, LGBTQ+ residents, and students who just wanted to learn.

The Democratic Party does need continued effort in rural America. Kansas has proven multiple times it can be done, and other states have too: Alaska recently showed that we can succeed in rural America when we are prepared to share our message.

I’m glad Florida will have your vote, Rich Logis. I’m hopeful you change the minds of others around you. That is fine by me. But before you think that maybe you have the guide on how you would change the Democratic Party, and before you decry what the party takes for granted, you might actually do something, anything to support that claim.

First on that list? Donate to some Democratic campaigns. Second? Maybe instead of siphoning money for your own organization, you encourage your friends to donate to the Democrats too.

I don’t know. Just something I’m thinking about today.

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