1. One thing to keep in mind y'all- is that low info voters, they don't engage in politics/news/current events. They don't know anything so reality can be defined for them. When other analysts/commentators were skeptical about the Trump campaign's investment in digital, to micro-
2. target men of color, under 30, on YouTube and other social media platforms, I got poo-pooed a lot when I suggested it could move some voters. And it probably couldn't IF those voters got hit w a countervailing message. But when there is no countervailing message, yeah- you
3. you can see some erosion, esp bc the GOP is shrewd w these ads. They structure them so the messenger is also Black/Latino & hit these voters w the message that the Dem Party takes them for granted. If there is no response, or outreach from Dems showing that in fact, today's
4. Dem platform is the most racially progressive its been (since the passage of the Civil Rights Act- which told its southern wing to go pack it). And if there's no message to tell voters of color about the GOP's platform for voters of color- which over the past decade has become
5. openly racist, then some voters will believe the message they hear. They don't have the knowledge base you have to know reality is far different. And Donald Trump will stand on stage & tell black voters he's been the best prez for Black voters since Lincoln, which is utter
6. bullshit. Not only has he not made forward progress for Black Americans on any issue that matters to them (he signed the criminal justice reform bill- he didn't design or champion it) he's emboldened white supremacy to come back into prominence for the 1st time since the 1960s
7. I just watched footage of @TiffanyATrump give a speech at some type of pride event in which she lied to the audience about how her dad is really supportive of gay rights when her father, via his 3 Supreme Court appointments, may well have re-doomed our gay friends and family
8. members to 2nd class citizenship. He could not possibly have done anything more hostile to gay Americans than select the 3 justices he did. Now, maybe Tiffany Trump needs to tell the audience that to save face. Maybe she has to tell herself that to live w the fact that she is
9. stumping for a monster. IDK. But what I DO know is that a great many Americans know literally nothing about politics. Nothing. And Trump's grand invention in the political realm is that you can lie to these people, you can tell them any damn thing, and get away w it bc of
10. polarization and hyperpartisanship- driven primarily by the Republican Party and their pursuit of maintaining power in a changing society NOT by adapting to these changes in society, but rather, by manipulating the rules, norms, and institutions of the electoral system,
11. the Congress, the presidency, and now the Courts. The most dangerous thing of all is that McConnell, Trump, Barr, and other key GOP leaders are aggressively waging war on the electorate and this cycle, this election, should they not be stopped, I'm afraid we're looking at
12. potentially irreversible changes to American government. I think they are hell-bent on maintaining power even if the are losing the votes, so this means we must all divorce ourselves of naivety of the severity of the situation we face- and the zealousness in which I expect
13. the whole of the GOP to conduct themselves this week. I'd like to think that somewhere inside that nexus there are other @OliviaTroye's- people of good conscious who want their children to grow up in a democracy, where the rule of law dictates outcomes and where good & decent
14. people of differing opinions, feelings, ideologies, preferences, beliefs work together, struggle together, to create a more perfect union. I pray these people will stand up & do what is right for America. That they will come to @RVAT2020 or @ProjectLincoln or me, or just to
15. someone else they trust and help us prevent or disrupt any anti-democratic plans within the RNC, or the state party orgs. They can only succeed in sabotaging this election if people of good conscience within these orgs who know these plans are in the works say and do nothing.
16. It is truly a "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" opportunity for these staffers, assistants, aides who are in these rooms where it is happening. I implore them- stand with us, the Army of the Decent for this country, imperfect as
17. as she is, she is worth preserving. Once you jump off the cliff, there is no going back.
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