Thread by @Ocasio2018

We need to talk about the future of the Democratic Party.

We are at a crisis point in our country.

If we continue to vote for the same leadership & tactics that lost us 1,000 seats, the House, the Senate, AND the Presidency, we will continue to be a nation in decline.

We cannot afford to stay the course and elect the same exact leadership over + over.

People ask me, “How do you plan to change the party?”

Can’t be me. WE have to ELECT a new Democratic Party - one that fights doggedly for working class Americans and stands for the vulnerable.

Incumbent Democrats voted to create ICE.

Incumbent Democrats voted to gut Dodd-Frank before passing.

Incumbent Democrats voted to lower the Federal minimum wage in Puerto Rico to $4.25/hour.

We need to change the Democratic Party because that is what we CAN change.

Red to Blue is critically important. But many Red to Blue Dems will always have pressure to be moderate so they can keep their seats.

Safe Blue Dems should be charting the most ambitious visions and ideas for future.

Instead, they are raking in Republican lobbyist cash.

What we desperately need right now are fierce advocates for economic, social, and racial justice.

Experienced new candidates that present new ideas - Abolish ICE, a Fed Jobs Guarantee - to influence National discourse and ORGANIZE the electorate, not BUY the electorate.

An ORGANIZED electorate is far more powerful, because a purchased electorate does not engage.

ORGANIZED electorates win midterms and build power. Purchased electorates remain expensive and don’t push for change in the off-season.

When I started this race, I pretty much did everything they told you not to do: I engaged non-primary voters, young people, poc, people w/o college degree.

Because that’s what organizers do.

I refuse to accept that 97% of New Yorkers are “non-voters.” We are changing that NOW.