FRIDAY RECAP: may 20, 2022
The message from this week’s midterm primaries is clearly that, this November, the life of our democracy is on the ballot.
Every week, we try to bring you stories and give you actions you can take on important issues. But they add up to one thing: our democracy is taking a beating, And we all need to get involved and resuscitate America.
This week, our Daily Actions focused on:
May 17: THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL SUPREME COURT MUST BE STOPPED - MAGA Republicans have packed the Supreme Court with ideologues committed to imposing their patriarchal, conservative Christian vision on America—an indication that we will soon be living in a theocracy, not a democracy. Americans will lose our reproductive freedom immediately and other privacy-based constitutional rights soon thereafter. And no other precedents will be safe from these ideological zealots.
MAY 18: THE REPUBLICAN ROLE IN THE BUFFALO SLAUGHTER - Republicans have been using racism since Nixon’s day. Now, they’ve weaponized a new racist conspiracy theory to further frighten White people. The Great Replacement Theory plays on fears that minorities are replacing White culture and power. It has become an “engine of racist terror.” Racists marched in Charlottesville, VA, shouting, “we will not be replaced.” Now they’re shooting “replacers” in New Zealand, El Paso, Charlestown, and Buffalo. This rhetoric is lethal.
MAY 19: Behind The Mommy Mask: the “mothers” fighting the War Against Women - Popular legislation about reproductive freedom, universal healthcare, federally subsidized childcare, and more favored by most women is being torn apart systematically by rightwing so-called “non-partisan” women’s groups that are funded by rightwing anti-feminist billionaires and corporations. We need to make this dark money public and keep our private lives private.
All of these issues must be faced by Democrats as they prepare for the extremely important midterm elections, which will determine whether we can continue moving towards a government that works for all Americans, not just the rich and powerful. We must impress upon our Members of Congress the need to sharpen their message and regularly repeat it–outlining Democratic successes in understandable terms and clearly painting the massive differences between them and obstructionist Trump Republicans.
So, no matter how often you’ve called this week, commit to calling some more. And whatever the script, keep stressing the need to remind voters how Dems are working to improve our lives.
Here are topics from which to choose:
Now, pick up your phone, click on your chosen link(s), and push for a government that works for all Americans.
