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Connect, Unite, Act: Mom, I'm a vampire slayer [1]

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Date: 2022-11-19

If you can’t tell, I love using Connect! Unite! Act! to talk about social issues within the frame of an entertainment scope. It is often easier for us to relate to a problem by thinking about protagonists, antagonists, and plot. Recently, there has been a trend of terribly misidentifying what an anti-hero is: a character who is clearly a good guy who breaks the rules to accomplish their goals. A good example is Deadpool. If you find yourself rooting for Cersei in Game of Thrones, she isn’t an “anti-hero,” she’s just a villain. She might be an entertaining villain, but she’s a villain all the same.

Let’s be clear about this, and with absolutely no doubts: Republicans have made every effort to be villains. They are not anti-heroes. They have continued to sink into incredible moments of pettiness. Michelle Obama challenged all of us to rise up and above, and now in Georgia we have a chance to go out and slay.

x "I don't know if you know, vampires are cool people, are they not?" -- Herschel Walker's speeches are somehow even less coherent than his TV appearances. Like, what it this. pic.twitter.com/nl0UmtKa26 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 16, 2022

Is this really the mentality we need in the Senate? Has a hellmouth opened in Georgia? The answer is no, because what has opened in Georgia is an opportunity for young voters, for more voters, to find a way to get to the ballot box and help protect our democracy. Georgia will pull out all the stops to try and prevent voters from participating. So how do we do better? How can we help Georgia Democratic voters, and Sen. Raphael Warnock, prevail?

We are tasked with something huge this year. It is a rapid turnaround, but it is also a tribute to our volunteers, to our campaign workers, to staff, and to candidates who are prepared to go out and fight every day to help voters get out. You can help lighten their load; some of the methods have been listed in the past. I strongly encourage you to visit the Daily Kos get out the vote page to find an action you can take part in that can help us make a dent in Georgia!

And this always gives me a chance to share one of my all-time favorite get out the vote videos:

What can you do to help us win Georgia?

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