CD7 and SD15 Outreach & Inclusion Officers Report for March, 2025
Pace yourself…
We often heard that warning from elders when we were young and maybe too enthusiastic and thought we could change the world, hopefully for the better, in a day if not by suppertime. In a “Flood the Zone” strategy Trump, Musk, and their fascist followers are dumping a full four year term’s worth of largely illegal power grabs and repression in barely a month. And it’s working- My social media feeds are full of impassioned invites to mindless demonstrations against whatever craziness Trump proposed today, with no long term plan beyond walking around with protest signs and yelling our grievences to the assembled masses of small wildlife. Demonstrations have zero persuasive impact on today’s republicon party which has purged any moderates and keeps the remaining in line with threats of billionaire funded primary challenges. But we can make demonstrations an organizing tool while thwarting the Green/DSA/“progressive” allies of the republicons attempts to use demonstrations to syphon off voters who can provide the margin of victory for our democratic candidates.
Reality check:
When in doubt, do the maths… It takes a 2/3rds supermajority of the senate to remove Trump, and we’re 4 senators short of even a bare majority. There will be 22 republican held senate seats up for election in 2026, and we’d need to win a near impossible 20 to gain the 2/3rds majority needed to remove Trump and then VP Vance. The Social Security mortality tables give the Grim Reaper better odds of about 30% chance of removing Trump, making Vance an incumbent. So we’re stuck with Trump or worse yet his smarter protege Vance through 2028. Beyond 2028 we need a party and presidential candidate with a vision beyond reacting to Trump and the Iowa Caucuses back too, but that’s beyond my pay grade.
We have congressional elections in 2026 with voting beginning barely 18 months from now and a couple special elections already scheduled this year, and the republicons have a barely working one vote majority. Unless you’re a lawyer and feel like taking Trump et al to court, the 2026 elections are our best chance to defund Trump into a tired Hoover that needs it’s bag emptied. We know how to win congressional and downballot elections- It starts with getting behind our candidates with early support and taking advantage of the issues that Trump and his republicans are handing us with their screwups. We start that with party building- Many of our party units will be electing new leadership in the next few months, and we need young(er) leaders to take the reins from our overdue for retirement “old guard”, myself included. Same with candidates- Most of our republican opponents have been campaigning for years, we need to get our candidates out on the campaign trail ASAP to catch up!
We also need to expand our community outreach, which will be vital with the damage Trump is doing to our communities and especially our food supply. I encourage you to follow our CD7 Chair’s lead and plant early and often- When Trump’s tariffs and deportations make food unaffordable if you can find any, we can provide relief and grow new democratic voters too!
And finally, keep voting with your dollars- I follow investing and the news that pro diversity Costco’s stock is up by double digits while diversity denier Target’s is slipping downward has been widely reported. Every day is boycott day, and our spending choices plus Trump’s tariffs and other screwups that will harm American businesses great and small are a wedge that will drive business people and their $$$ back to our democratic party.
Respectfully submitted, Dyna Sluyter
Sassy Democrat 