CMV: the Democratic Party isn’t up for this

For context, I’ve been politically active my whole life in the US and have pretty much always been a democrat, volunteered for campaigns, flew to Nevada for this election, etc.

It pains me to say it, but the party isn’t up for the task of dealing with what’s happening right now and is essentially a failed party, in need of near wholesale change at the leadership level.

Here are the main points: 1- they don’t know how to get media attention 2- they have no actual plan to resist the trump administration 3- they have no clear articulate message for what they stand for, leaving a vacuum for maga to fill it in for them

Chuck Schumer’s grand resistance plan was to release a new bill to counter the dismantling of federal agencies (and called it “stop the steal”) and it made zero news.

The opposition party needs to be rising to the level of intensity in this moment. Sit ins on the house floor, getting arrested if need be. They need to be running ads and other paid media now like if they were running a campaign. They need to be a real political party.

Every day that goes by without major fight is a lost opportunity and shows that they just aren’t up for it.

Edit 1: well, 2000+ comments later, wow! Most agreeing with my post at some level or dismayed at larger systemic failures in the party and American democracy. Not a lot of folks changing my view.