A party that built its message around a strong, firm, and unequivocal case to end this war now would very suddenly draw attention to the undoubtedly dozens of congressional Democrats who would not echo this line. So what we get instead is limp process critiques, demanding pointless hearings, and bizarre attacks that Trump is not doing regime change fast enough. Polls repeatedly show the most common criticism of Democrats is not that they are too far left or too anti-war, but that they are too weak, that they don’t stand for anything.
Centering criticism of a deeply unpopular war on those carrying it out for not filling out the right paperwork or producing a satisfactory slideshow — rather than making clear, normative objections to a war of aggression — feeds directly into this perception. But perhaps it’s a perception Democratic leaders, and the pro-war, pro-Israel donors who fund their political careers, would prefer over the alternative.
Well, to be honest, there’s no reason to waste your breath asking to end it until that election comes up this November. And hopefully we can flip Senate and house.
I doubt there will be an election in Nov. trump & co. couldn’t be telegraphing their punches any more than they already are…
Of course, I don’t 100% believe this is the case, but I would not be surprised if it happened. They really are that inept and corrupt.
They are going to try their damnedest, I’m sure of that. But the logistical feat of actually denying all Americans their chance to vote is beyond their means. They will, at best, disrupt voting where they will see the greatest impact. States will conduct their elections as usual. Only Congress has the power to decide the timing of elections. I don’t see them passing any new laws. No state depends on the federal government to carry out their electoral duties (so far).
After that, we get to see what kind of obstructive bullshit they have planned to keep elected officials from serving if they don’t want them to. I don’t know what they could do aside from force another shutdown, aside from outright physical violence, which is entirely likely but it still raises the questions of ‘by what means’ and ‘is that feasible’. If we were going to see political assassinations on a large scale, I imagine we would have passed that point by now.