Now, we have the neoliberal, centrist crowd make the lie that progressives should be blamed for any election defeat involving Democrats. It is easy to refute that lie. That lie deals with the old bigotry of red baiting like usual. They use the falsehood that socialism is like the most obscene curse word, when if they were really opposed to socialism, they should give up the Post Office, give up Social Security, give up Medicare, and give up any government run program (because those government run institutions are related to many socialist ideals. Even the Post Office is cited in the Constitution being legal). These hypocrites won't do that, because of the obvious reason. Even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a democratic socialist, and Norman Thomas was a socialist. Now, progressive black people in places nationwide contributed heavily to defeating Trump. More than 80% of black people voted against Trump, more than any other racial or ethnic demographic in America. Also, progressives were the leaders of the grassroots organizers who worked day and night to register voters, to be in the lines to defend voting rights, and to bring out the votes in Philadelphia, in Atlanta, in D.C., and in other cities of this country.
There should be unity in America. Yet, we should never embrace a false unity that harms people's wages, ruins their health care, harms their education, disrupts their rights, and harm their liberties under the guise of "unity" as eloquently stated by Yvette Simpson. She is right to say that unity is great, but freedom is better. For the record, most Americans support higher taxes on the super wealthy, universal health care, amnesty for DACA human beings, an end to police brutality, and other plans regardless of what John Kasich (who is a Republican who cut programs like WIC and Medicaid) says. Many Democrats lost, because some candidates didn't have a bold, strong progressive economic agenda. Many Democrats who advocated for a Medicare for all health care plan won their elections. Also, when people lecture others on how defunding the police is bad, then tell them that defunding the police is different than abolishing the police. It is not wrong to utilize more funding for mental health services or community development programs. Some folks are more angry at progressives than Trump finalizing a rule to freeze immigrant farm workers' wages until 2023 as agribusiness profits boom. If the corporate moderates are attacking AOC, they are attacking members of the left by default. Then, you have these same moderates glamorizing Rahm Emanuel who covered up the police murder of Laquan McDonald in Chicago. Rahm was one of the worst mayors of Chicago. He is a moderate. We don't need to express Republican like talking points to convince people of our views. We can be clear and honest that government works best when it works for the people, defends the people, and enriches the general welfare of all of the people. The moderate Donna Shalala berates progressives, but she blocked Americans from purchasing lower priced medicine from Canada.
The progressive black people in America (along with people of color and other activists) made Trump's defeat possible. John Kasich didn't win this election for us. The people who won this election include the 94 percent of black Detroit residents who voted for Biden, the other black organizers who fought hard for freedom, and other groups of people (like the Latino people, the youth, AAPI, Native Americans, etc.) who didn't back down. Folks should realize this fact. If you want freedom, you have to end economic injustice and end structural racism too.
The lying deceiver tactic of Trump to refuse to concede the election outlines his guilt and his hatred of democratic institutions. The majority of the American people said that Enough is Enough. We don't want Trump to be President anymore. Attorney General Barr's memo to U.S. Attorney to try to probe voter fraud claims caused one member of the DOJ to resign in protest. These same GOP hypocrites were silent on real voter suppression of black voters, the real suppression of voting centers, the poll tax in Florida, and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court back in 2013. These acts of real anti-voting measures are totally ignored by Trump acolytes. In 2021, Biden and Kamala Harris will be President and Vice-President. Trump's deeds only further expose his legacy as disastrous and being one of the worst Presidents in American history. Everyone is talking about the statements of Eva Longoria. What do I think of her comments? I think that her original comments about how Latinas are the real heroines of the 2020 election were not only racist. They were inaccurate and just plain arrogant. It is a fact that the demographic that voted against Trump the most are black people.
Also, black women have been the leaders to oppose the agenda of Trump and worked hard in voter registration plus other actions in making Georgia blue (which is the first time Georgia has been blue since 1992). It is not a secret that some (not all) Latino people have anti-Blackness racism (as shown by Jen G.). Latino people have admitted to this, and many Latino people are fighting everyday to combat it. That is why Eva Longoria was called out and retracted her original, erroneous statement. Black people are the original people on this Earth. Our intellects, our resiliency, and our creative energies must always be respected. When a person disrespects black women unjustly, it is an attack on all black people. When a person disrespects black men unjustly, it is an attack on all black people too. Therefore, we are part of a new generation who will never tolerate slick statements by those who want to rewrite history. As the future comes about, we always wholeheartedly believe in the principles of Black being Beautiful and Blackness being Eternal. Like always,
Black Lives Matter.
By Timothy
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