Naw, the Democrats have already moved further right than many of us are comfortable with. What they really need to do is emulate the Stacey Abrams model. Get everyone to actually go vote and overturn the disenfranchisement that is current top priority in the Republican playbook. If everyone votes and people want Cruz, we’re fucked, but so be it. I’m just pretty sure that’s not how it would play out.
As for hot button issues, Jon Ossoff ran against a pretty popular incumbent Republican who wasn’t even primaried. Here’s Ossoff’s stance on immigration:
My mother is an immigrant. She came to this country when she was 23 because she believed in the American Dream, and she’s lived it. She became a successful entrepreneur, a U.S. citizen, and an active participant in our democracy.
Our country, like any country, must know and control who crosses our borders, and strong border security doesn’t require us to sacrifice our moral principles, our commitment to human rights, or our American identity as a haven for people fleeing persecution and striving for opportunity.
Ripping children from their parents and disappearing them into federal custody is an atrocity.
I’ll support an immigration policy that strengthens our borders, puts American workers first, respects human rights, and creates a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants who are already here and otherwise follow the law, especially those brought here as children.
We must reform the horrifically dysfunctional Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement so that these agencies carry out their duties with competence and humanity.
And instead of making life hell for migrants, immigration enforcement should crack down on the employers of undocumented immigrants, like The Trump Organization.
His take on abortion?
I am pro-choice. I believe that women, not the government, should control the private, personal, and complex decision whether to terminate a pregnancy.
I run a business that investigates organized crime and corruption for news organizations worldwide. Our teams have gone undercover to expose how dangerous, unqualified, and unregulated abortion providers kill thousands of women in places where safe abortion services are not available legally.
In the Senate, I will only vote to confirm federal judges who pledge to uphold Roe v. Wade.
He didn’t avoid those topics and yet he still won. In Georgia, of all places. The state where our version of Mt. Rushmore has confederate leaders and was the birthplace of the new klan and celebrated yearly cross-burnings until the 60s. Oh, we also happened to elect a black man to the senate, with similar stances on the hot button topics.
We tried compromise, but that doesn’t work anymore unless we’re the ones in power. Get out the vote, on all sides. Stop the disenfranchisement. End gerrymandering. Do those things and we’ll win plenty of elections.
