They're coming back. Whoopee doo dah sh*t...nothing. Hell, how are Democrats going to convince apathetic people and eligible voters they are considering the best interest of their electorate, while consistently showing themselves weak time after time?
When the Texas Democrats house members left after Govenor Greg Abbott's attempt (and no doubt Republicans are poised again) to gerrymander the mid-term elections by redistricting, I got so charged, and many others got charged up with new found hope! But now the Dems are returning back, envisioning themselves as heroes and heroines, but they ran only part of the race! I liken them to some of Elon Musk's space rockets, sputter a minute, and then fall back to the earth with a thud. What is this? A token gesture by the Democrats? People are not going to be fooled! The time to stir up the coals is now because our very lives and the fate of our nation depends on it!
You got thousands of people who do not give a damn about anyone other than themselves, and it will take a "Trump foot" up their ass to pull away from Netflix, lift up their heads and actually vote in the mid-term elections. Yet, there are so many people who have become calcified, disheartened, from repeatedly seeing no kind of fight put up by the Democratic party, and such are dealing with resignation. There is a significant portion of people who feel like their vote doesn't matter. I think it matters more when you do not vote--then you get an authoritarian dictator ruling the United States like we do now. Yes, I am disheartened and cynical, but I will be casting my ballot every opportunity I get, and I am in a red state.
Hats off to California's Governor Gavin Newsom for working on a special vote so as to redistrict by existing rules; but myself, I would had said be damn the rules. I could be wrong to feel this way, and I will have to contemplate upon this issue more. My concern is with two things: will there be enough support on November 4 by voters to pass the redistricting initiative, and secondly, Newsom has set up a public expectation for other blue states to adopt the same measures. A smaller state may not have enough engaged voters to pass a similar proposal. The Democratic party thanks to ruthless Republicans, must engage in new strategies: the kind of strategizing which must happen to survive in authoritarian societies as opposed to democracies. I would say the hell with dignity and the "right way" at this point to match the unscrupulous methods employed by Republicans lawmakers.
Wake up people and take note. Our democracy is gone. We can see a militarized white nationalist regime taking more and more shape given the events with ICE and currently, the federal police takeover in Washington. Trump had the audacity to demand five more Republican seats in Texas, and ordered redistricting. The scared Republicans immediately scrambled to enforce his mandate. Droop diapers Trump is intending to build a ballroom in the White House--this white nationalist is planning to go nowhere--he is recreating Mar-a-Lago for his new Washington D.C. dream house! However, absent of young girls, of course. For in the dark recesses of his mind (which is 100% of his mind) he knows the possibility of prison time awaits if he leaves.
We have got to fight redistricting efforts by the Republican Party, and get people to elect Democratic officials. It may not be impacting uninterested people now, but it will eventually. Black people, you better watch out, because you are going to get blindsided if you do not wake up. The time for action is now, get registered to vote, get the word out on your social media platforms or whatever method you got--even by your mouth, and get prepared. We got some rough times coming our way like we have not seen in decades. And despite the fascist regime which has manifested, we have an opportunity in the midterm elections to turn this around, and get this president impeached. But we all must do are part--big or small, we must all stand up to this dictatorship.
