I am writing this on Veterans Day. A day when we say Thank You to the men and women who took the oath to defend this country and potentially give the ultimate sacrifice. In my family, my father was drafted into the Marine Corps during the Korean War. I was born on Camp Pendleton. I had a great-great-uncle fight in the trenches during World War I. Uncles who fought and died during World War II. My husband’s father volunteered and joined the Marine Corps during World War II and ended his service on Iwo Jima. He was one of just a few of his platoon who survived. We have many members of this county party who are Veterans and to them we say, Thank You!
The illegal Trump Iran War, which was one of the reasons the Republicans got clobbered on November 3rd, shows no sign of ending. A friend of mine from Northern Wisconsin just told me that her son, a Navy Seal, has been deployed to the Middle East for ten months. An election does not stop a war. Our job as Democrats is going to be to hold our elected officials accountable. Our county party is planning on having forums where you can ask our elected officials from the local level to the federal level questions regarding their votes and policies.
We cannot be lulled into thinking the Republicans will change. Even though NBC News projects, today, that Democrats will finish with 259 seats to Republicans' 176 seats based on its Decision Desk House model, we cannot have some magical thinking that Trump will change. That Republicans will realize that the American voter created historic wins for the Democrats, therefore they need to stop with the trans, communist, fear porn approach to governing.
That is not going to happen. Trump appointed Stephen Miller as his Chief of Staff. You cannot get more right wing or evil than that. The Republicans voted for Jim Jordan to be their leader. The Jim Jordan who tried to overturn the 2020 election, refused to comply with subpoenas dealing with January 6th, voted for the BBB that will force deep cuts in Social Security, supports a nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother…oh yeah, and the guy who turned a blind eye on sexual assault when he was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State. So, there should be NO compromise with these boys.
I agree with Mike Nellis from his Endless Urgency substack, who says, “we have to double down on what won us so many elections last week: fighting like hell for the working class and for this country. It’s a great country, despite people like Donald Trump and Jim Jordan. And we will keep fighting until we close the door on Trump and his MAGA movement in 2028, and for a very long time, if not forever.”
Join us Wednesday, Nov. 18 for an ice cream social sponsored by our Membership Committee starting at 6:00 before our General County party meeting. Walk with us in the Grafton Christmas parade, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and watch for those forums that we will be holding.
Thanks for reading. Thank you to all the Veterans in our county, state, and nation.
Deb
P.S. Worth watching if you have time: Steve Schmidt’s anaylsis:
Why Democrats Must Hold MAGA Accountable | Steve Schmidt