Thread by @FreedomFriesInc

Found on the #WhiteWomen hashtag feed.

It's common for a far right account like @libsoftiktok to:

1. Deny they're far right
2. Conflate "woke" with "racist" and
3. Completely misunderstand the outcome of the VA Gov race.

My thoughts on why, follow.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1455979858731827203

IMO (as a political scientist and longtime observer of US politics) there are multiple reasons why Youngkin won #VAgov over McAuliffe.

First, no VA governor has won a second term in generations.

And elections soon after the WH changes hands almost always go to the oppo party.

I firmly believe that the VA outcome was based largely on local, idiosyncratic reasons, not a national trend.

Accordingly, fellow pro-democracy folk need not be sad today. Nothing has changed.

But it's good that more are waking up to the five alarm emergency the US is in rn.

Biden and every other Democrat in office and opinion media must immediately turn toward saving American democracy through voting rights and proper accountability for the big lie and 1/6.

Social and infrastructure bills are important but they are NOT as important as the above.

Already Rs have gained another Governor & some local & statewide officials who will UNDOUBTEDLY contribute to the dire need to defy history in 2022 & outdo Rs in local, state & federal government.

Because if we don't, 2022 will be the last election in the US as we know it.

This is not hyperbole (something for which I am not usually known.)

The US seems more like Weimar Germany every day.

It's as if Rs have spent the past few years using the OG Nazi playbook to the letter. Weak opposition allows far right fascists to win power, anywhere.

Look at this headline.

Caveat: The rally at the Ellipse was lawful. The breaching of the Capitol was not. >700 have been charged so far for the latter. Dozens remain in jail pending trial.

Here's why #WhiteWomen is trending.

Please don't allow this to distract you from keeping your eyes on the prize:

>accountability for all involved in all aspects of 1/6, incl. TFG & his entourage, henchmen, & #StochasticTerrorism victims.

>VOTING RIGHTS for all Americans.

Youngkin didn't win because of "education" politics, he won because of race politics.

CRT is not taught in public schools in the US. If it is, show me your evidence (and it better be good.)

Like his Dear Leader, he exploited the gullibility of certain voter groups.

I'm a white woman, who as an Independent would have voted for the Democrat in this election in VA. But I'm an outLIER. Because I don't believe liars.

ALL sides try to exploit racism in order to win. To win at any cost, when those costs fall on others.

Wise up to it. Fast.

Yes, a bunch of VA voters, who happen to be white, and happen to be women, flipped from voting for Biden one year ago to voting for obvious maga sycophant Youngkin.

Swing voters always decide elections in purple states.

More states become purple each year.

It's a worldwide trend, in fact. That more states, provinces, districts, counties, cities, towns, and seats are becoming swing, marginal, contested, or purple.

Swing voters elect the Manchins, Sinemas, Cheneys, and McCains.

IDC which side you're on, they ruin your majority.

IMO the solution to this is to listen more to your skilled and experienced *strategists* and less to your candidates and incumbents.

Strategists compete in the market of ideas, which is way more functional than the market of self-interested politicians.

As much as I am relieved Biden is in the WH and I totally support him as the leader the US needs right now, he is still subject to placing self interest ahead of national interest.

That's why he has prioritized "his" agenda in these spending bills ahead of the twin emergencies.

I know how much Americans needs those bills to have been passed already in their original form. I hate having call for de-prioritizing them.

But I figured out Manchin and Sinema only had to delay those bills long enough to hand a win to Rs and Youngkin.

The damage is done.

The bills would have been a huge help to Americans in need because of the pandemic. But those same Americans are at far greater risk if the Weimar Republic playbook is able to succeed in the coming year.

You probably can't convince Biden to re-prioritize but it's worth a try.

(Sorry for the typos. I gotta slow down.)

What I recommend pro-democracy Americans do, is to let go of those bills unless a viable path to voting for them can actually succeed. Don't waste anymore time on those two DINOs. They are laughing at you, & "pocketing the Putin cash."

#NeverTrump conservatives WILL help Democrats stop the far right fascist trend even with progressives under the big tent with them. Y'all don't have to like each other or agree on non-emergency policies. But uniting to #VoteBlueNoMatterWho can prove the US isn't Weimar Germany.

Look at this NJ Gov race. For now, there are only about 13,000 votes between the D and the R. Then look at the 3rd party candidate votes. Add them up.

Everyone who wants to stop the far right fascists needs to UNITE the fuck out of themselves.

German voters could have.

Hopefully I have made my case emphatically enough.

Please discuss these issues. If a reply can illuminate them I will add my response to it below.

Always remember that there are multiple groups lying to you about reality, & it's not just Republican politicians.