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I found this from Sarah Stewart Holland on the podcast Pantsuit Politics to be useful. Do not stop making noise. Demand they keep their promises. If the voting public wants to act like spoiled toddlers I’m going to join right in.
Sarah [00:44:58] No, I 100 percent agree. And, look, his catchphrase was I'll fix it. I'll fix it. And so, listen, here's where I'm at on that. I took a lot of notes during the Obama administration about being an effective minority. And my plan is to not insult the people who voted for Donald Trump. My plan is to hold Donald Trump and the Republican Party, who are clearly going to have all the reins of government at their disposal, to account every single day. Do your best, guys. I want to see what you can do. I want the prices down. I want the goods unlocked. I want the public schools thriving. I want all end to international conflict. I want it all. I want my health care costs to go down. I want Social Security fully funded, but I don't want to pay taxes on it. I want everything and I want it now. And I plan on demanding it. I think the best thing we can do is to hold the people in power, which are going to be Donald Trump and the MAGA wing of the Republican Party, responsible for their promises. I want the prices to go down. I want to see what they can do. I want them to fix immigration without any discomfort on my behalf. And especially, I don't want to have anything to do with China, but I want everything to stay cheap. So let's do it. Because what I learned from the Republican Party is you actually don't need a better idea, at least not in the first two years. You just need to say they're doing a shitty job. And so, that's politics and it works. So for at least the first two years, I would like somebody in the background-- again, I would like to nominate Pete-- to really come up with the ideas that we think will impact people's lives and how to communicate them. But in the meantime, what Imma do is be like where are my cheap eggs now? I want them now.
November 8, 2024 at 7:07 PM