from Elizabeth Warren:

[elleng]

'Since Election Day, so-called “strategists” have said that Democrats need to choose whether we’re the party of the white working class or the party of Black Lives Matter.

They are wrong. I say we can care about a dad who’s worried that his kid will have to move away from their factory town to find good work – and we can care about a mom who’s worried that her kid will get shot during a traffic stop.

We shouldn’t be wasting energy arguing about whose issue matters most or who in our alliance should be voted off the island. What Democrats really need is some backbone to get in the fight for working families – to be strong when we lay out a plan to make this country work for the people instead of the powerful.

This month, I spoke to thousands of progressive grassroots organizers about how we pick sides and fight for our values. I wanted to make sure you had a chance to watch this speech and share it with your Facebook friends.

Click here to watch the video on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethWarren/videos/10155088987178687/

(Not on Facebook? Watch the video on YouTube.)

We don’t have to tip-toe around what we believe in. We don’t have to hedge our bets. We don’t have to ask permission from the pundits or the corporate CEOs – and we sure don’t have to ask permission from Mitch McConnell.

When we’re bold enough to stand up for our values, when we’re bold enough to stand up for our fellow Americans, that’s when we ARE powerful.

This fight is my fight – and this fight is our fight. So let’s go win it.

Thanks for being a part of this,'

Elizabeth

[Squinch]

1. I don't think anyone is talking any more about the rust belt white guy who we lost solely because

he was concerned about the economy.

There is very little daylight between white working class people of good faith and BLM. THAT is what the Democratic party needs to understand.

[elleng]

2. Right, there is very little daylight between white working class people of good faith and BLM.

E. Warren IS talking about it (maybe not in those terms exactly.)

[alarimer]

3. Imagine the power if all working people joined together.

If white people stopped worrying whether their loss was someone else's gain (well it kind of is someone else's gain- usually some rich corporate titan's gain).

[elleng]

4. Yes, just imagine!

However, the ruling class has never allowed it to happen.

[guillaumeb]

5. If large number of Americans are dissatisfied with Trump,

and large numbers of Americans also are confused as to what the Democratic Party stands for, the former presents an opportunity if the latter can be changed.

Reflexive anti-GOP rhetoric is no guarantee of electoral success, and not a motivator or 46% of registered voters would not have stayed home on election day.

[RandomAccess]

6. This seems about right to me

I've been nearly hysterical over the Dem/DNC misguided and all too frantic search for some glitzy phraseology with which to brand themselves.

Go stand up for our traditional core principles and all that will fall into place. Quit searching for which group(s) to go after and go after our traditional core principles and all that will fall into place. IOW: LEAD, dammit.

[elleng]

7. RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT, and she says it perfectly!