Democrats — Stop Pussyfooting Around with Republicans

James M. Ridgway, Jr.
1 min readMay 25, 2022

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Republican politicians at every level are an existential threat to the safety and future of America and its citizens. You Democrats have got to stand up tall and tell it like it is: every vote for a Republican is a vote for the slaughter of your children, the imprisonment of a women’s body and the possible election of someone who is eager to promote mass authoritarian corruption of American values and ideals.

Make it perfectly clear every second of every day, without fear of how Republicans will respond, and without qualification, that it is your party, and your party alone, that is fighting to save our American democracy from the daily inspired hate and violence poured forth via bullshit, trashy, GOP politicians.

Follow the lead of Beto O’Rourke and go right at the son’s a bitches that gaslight the American public. If the Republicans want a full-blown cultural war, give it to them right up the you know what. Stop bobbing and weaving. The majority of Americans are on your side. You just need to unequivocally let it be known that you are on their side.

Make it crystal clear that the only way that reasonable guns laws and other sensible laws can be enacted is to vote the creeps out of office, calling out each and every one of them by name. Demonstrate a sense of urgency that says if citizens sit on their hands tragedy is just over the horizon. Make Republicans squeal like the pigs that they are.

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James M. Ridgway, Jr.
James M. Ridgway, Jr.

Written by James M. Ridgway, Jr.

Jim Ridgway, Jr. military writer — author of the American Civil War classic, “Apprentice Killers: The War of Lincoln and Davis.” Christmas gift, yes!

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