Thread by @Angry_Staffer

Thread: Let’s talk midterms, shall we?

There’s a lot of analysis out there that, in my view, is completely missing the point about both the stakes of this election *and* the GOP’s platform.

Let’s dig in. 1/X

Yes, the GOP wants to go after Women’s Rights, Social Security, Voting Rights, Medicare, Medicaid, and the separation of church and state.

That’s all unpopular stuff.

The GOP does *not* care about electability anymore — they envision a future in which votes don’t matter. 2/X

First, a little bit of backstory for context:

The GOP’s base has been shrinking for decades. We outnumber them by a lot, and they know it.

Even still, they refuse to budge from their antiquated ideas and draconian enforcement measures. 3/X

So what’s a party with a dwindling base and an unpopular platform to do?

Easy:

Coordinated fear-mongering from their well-oiled propaganda machine, voter suppression, and a war on schools. 4/X

The constant barrages of caravans, big bad Dems coming to take your guns, claims of open borders, etc. are all a coordinated plot to keep their voters angry and voting.

To be clear: they know it’s bullshit, they also know their voters aren’t smart enough to realize that. 5/X

Speaking of dumb voters, the GOP war on schools isn’t a coincidence, either. They aren’t banning those books because they hurt their feelings, they’re banning those books because those are the blueprints they’re trying to use. 6/X

The GOP doesn’t care about “wokeness,” they care about the inevitable drift away from the GOP that comes with being able to be the person you want to be, and having the ability to think for yourself. 7/X

Different is bad. Anything that doesn’t conform to the hive-mind singularity is “woke” and wokeness means caravans of LGBTQ+ teaches are coming to take your guns and force you to have rainbow hair and binge watch Queer Eye. 8/X

So anyway, the GOP has decided that doing all of this is exhausting. Being perpetually outraged, promising year after year that Dems are coming for your guns, keeping voters stupid and scared, etc. is a lot of work, right?

So why not just steal power? 9/X

Harper v Moore is the most prominent bill out there right now, but it’s far from the only GOP attempt at election powergrabbing.

They want to be able to change votes. They want to invalidate your vote. That’s why they don’t care that nobody likes their platform. 10/X

The way I see it, we have a couple of make-or-break elections coming up. The pundits are already telling you that the midterms are over, at least for the House, but that’s nonsense. Turnout in Georgia should show everyone with doubts that we’re still very much in this. 11/X

If we do our jobs in 22 and 24, we can send an unequivocal message to the GOP that America doesn’t support their bullshit.

If we don’t, it’s not hyperbole to say that the Republic could be changed forever. 12/X

The House isn’t out of reach, and expanding the Senate is well-within our grasp. We just have to vote.

Sharing stuff on Twitter is great, but we need to be doing everything we can for the next 10 days to get as many people to the polls as possible. 13/X

If the turnout trends in Georgia extrapolate to the rest of the nation, I feel *very* confident in our ability to hold the House and expand the Senate by 2-4 seats.

If we do that, we can still save the Republic. Block out the noise and let’s get to work. 14/X