Echoes of 2010: the Democratic Party in 2021 has the chance to fundamentally reshape the country in its image. 2010 should be a lesson and a warning. In 2008 a broad center-left coalition elected Barack Obama, along with a united Congress. Two years later, that coalition... 1/

failed to materialize at the polls, for the usual reasons. Midterm year, lower turnout among voters under 35, perceived lower stakes for non-presidential races, etc. 2010 destroyed the rest of Obama's presidency and gave us Trump. The loss of governorships and state houses... 2/

was catastrophic because it happened in a Census year. Republicans had a plan to use redistricting to sink the roots of their power deep into the states they won. The states in dark red were all won by Trump, and essential to his Electoral College victory, not coincidentally. 3/

They also generally represent states that rejected Medicaid expansion initially. It's said that Republicans have been in the business of self-fulfilling prophesies. Selling the idea that government is broken while using their power to break it. Gerrymandering and medicaid... 4/

expansion refusal are two prime examples of it. It shouldn't be surprising that their effects also disproportionately fell on Black Americans and other marginalized groups. Which brings us to 2020. As with most of Trump's predations, the motives with the Census chicanery... 5/

...are obvious. Karl Rove used to have his ear, and he was the architect of 2010. He wants to not only win, but lock in the power of his movement for a generation. It goes without saying, but we cannot let that happen. It's no surprise that both parties are framing this as... 6/

the most consequential ever. It is. We're not choosing between two parties. It's authoritarianism versus democracy. It is our responsibility to reject an ally of Bolsonaro, Erdoğan, Putin, Al-Sisi, Netanyahu, Orbán, Wilders, LePen, Jinping, and MBS. Don't lose sight of that. 7/7