I am not supporting DSA candidates. I will come out in opposition to all of them.
The audacity of taking policies Democrats have fought for, expanding healthcare, strengthening social services, making our tax dollars work for working people, and building a country that serves more than the wealthiest 1%, and then weaponizing those same goals against the Democratic Party as if governing is as simple as yelling that Democrats are not doing enough.
Policy requires power.
To pass federal legislation, you need majorities in the U.S. House and Senate and a president willing to sign it into law. Yet many of the same DSA aligned people I see on my timeline were willing to withhold support from electing that president because of a conflict happening in another country.
And this goes far beyond Washington. You need majorities in state legislatures. You need governors. You need mayors, county commissioners, and school board members. If you actually want transformative policy, you build majorities of people who can enact it.
You do addition. You do not just target Democrats for replacement in deep blue districts while leaving Republicans untouched and then pretend you are building political power.
And if your stated mission was to come into the Democratic Party and destroy it from within, do not turn around and demand loyalty from Democratic voters when you want our votes, our infrastructure, our resources, and our support.
You told us we were not your people.
I heard you.
You will not get my respect. You will not get my vote. And when you run against Democrats, I want you to lose.