Even in the midst of hardship and loss, especially in their midst, we must organize and fight for 2020 election - ballot access, gotv, electing Dems up and down the ticket in state and federal races. 1/

Whatever comes next, we need government committed to justice and the public good. We’ve learned that, like everything else, health is political. As we continue to deal with this pandemic and prepare better for possible others, we cannot afford so-called leaders like Trump. 2/

But we need to do much more than put a Democrat in the White House. We must make Democrats the majority in the Senate. @dscc 3/

We must retain and expand the Democratic majority in the House. @dccc 4/

We must have more Democratic governors and state AGs. @DemGovs @DemocraticAGs 5/

And absolutely essential: we must elect Democratic state secretaries of state - often this officer has critical roles in conducting elections. @demsofstate (donate if you can) https://www.demsofstate.org/  6/

By electing as many Democrats as humanly possible this year, we can send the Republican Party this message: we know it is a sham operation, a cult of personality serving minoritarian interests, and we want to shut it down. 7/

Yes, we want to shut down the current Republican Party—the only way for a legitimate political party to rise in its stead. That party may be to the left or to the right of where most Democrats are. What will make it legitimate is that it will have a vision of the common good…8/

A pluralistic democracy flourishes when there are multiple political parties supporting different conceptions of the public good against a background of respect for individual liberty and dignity. 9/

Right now only one major U.S. political party fits this minimal profile: the Democratic Party. Get involved in the 2020 elections on behalf of Democrats. Our lives depend on it. 10/10