All I can is that Democrats need a TON more of Sen. Louise Lucas’ fighting spirit, willigness to engage on soecial media, authenticity (just use normal language, tgell it like it is for god’s sake!), etc, etc. in our party. Why is this SO hard for SO many Democrats? Not sure, but it needs to stop. For ideas on how to do it, watch interviews like this one, with Sen. Louise Lucas…
- “Well, I’ll tell you one thing – when I was in junior high school and the bullies would approach me because they were bigger, they’d swing, I’d punch back. You cannot allow the bullies to to beat you down. And so what I would say is that people like it when they have their legislators to go out and fight for them. That’s why they got elected in the first place. And so when we cower down, we lose. When we fight back, we win. And so what I would say to Democrats is now is our moment to win because we’re in the best posture to take back the Congress and I will be spending every waking hour trying to make sure that we do that…And so I’m asking Democrats join me in the fight. If you don’t want to be on the front line, stand behind me. But because I’m fortunate, I’m going forward. “
- “I’ll tell you this, we know history is watching us and who wants to be written as one of those people who stood on the sidelines and let things happen when they were right there and could have gotten involved and made a difference. And I say to Phil Ferguson and anybody else out there who’s in elective office, shame on you if you don’t seize this moment to try to save our democracy, because there are too many things that we stand to lose. I mean, with this administration, they’re trying to turn back the hands of time on all of the progress that we’ve made and just shame on them if they don’t join this fight.”
- “…look, let me just say this. I am as much in favor of nonpartisan redistricting as anybody else. But we’re at a point where we have got to save our democracy. All we’re trying to do is keep Donald Trump from having this power grab that’s going to render all of the power in the Congress to him unchecked. Because the members of Congress on the Republican side, they have no heart. They have no soul. They have no interest in trying to do what is in the best interest of our , American people. And so it’s going to take us having to do this a temporary kind of of a situation to make sure that we fight back.”
- “If we don’t do something now, there will be a continuing erosion of our ability to stop this train. We are in a position to make sure that it does not happen. And I want history to write me as being one who was down in the trenches making sure that I did my part. And I think everybody has an inescapable responsibility to make sure that we keep America strong, that we keep our reputation, and that we remain the place to come to.”
- “I am so extremely disgusted with the Republican members of Congress, because what’s good for the goose is not good for the gander? Well, that’s not the way it is from where I came. I am a product of the Civil Rights movement and even though I may not get physical, I am going to fight back.”
- “…yes, I have, but not just from Democrats here in the Commonwealth, but from Democrats all across the country. It is amazing. And what I say to them is that you have got to demonstrate to your constituents that you’re willing to take on this fight. And what better way to do that than to go on social media. I mean, because you can’t just do it by sending out postcards and the old school way of kind of doing it. So, you know, I go to social media and then of course, you know, I don’t have any filter, so, I just say it like it is. And what I’ve learned is that that’s exactly what the public wants. They want to know that you willing to get in there and slug it out. And that’s who I am. That’s what I do.”
- “Well, I’ll tell you what, I’m willing to go anywhere in the country to help Democrats, prop them up, do whatever we have to do…There is a freedom in fighting. I’m telling you…I’m just energized to go out and do even more and I’m just hoping that others will follow my lead and say look what have we to lose? We could lose our democracy. And that is too important for me to not be as fully engaged in this fight as I can.”
- “…I am a product of the Civil Rights movement. I grew up in the city during Massive Resistance. I have had to fight for everything all of my life. So there’s nothing new about what I’m doing now. And I refuse to sit on the sidelines and see our progress be rolled back. And so if ever there was a moment when people need to get off off the sideline and get involved in this fight, that time is now. I’ve not seen anything as egregious as this since the 1960s.”
- “Well, what I want to say to them is that if they don’t think this is going to affect them, their children and their children’s children, all they’ve got to do is keep breathing. I’ve lived through it before. And just to see this, it’s almost like cyclical. And here we go again. And so, because I’ve seen it before, I refuse to live through it again and have my children and my grandchildren have to inherit something similar to what I grew up with back in the 50s and the 60s. No, I can’t do that. People need to understand this is critical. This is our moment to make a difference and people need to get involved. Please get involved.”
- “Waking up every morning knowing that I got to get into this for my children and my grandchildren and the fact that more young people are getting involved. That’s what gives me hope because if you go on my social media platforms, you will see there’s a huge following of young people and they are beginning to get more and more involved. As a matter of fact, I was asked to speak at the Young Democrats state convention and I was so amazed, so amazed at how they gravitated to me because they too, they too are looking for somebody who will fight and my age didn’t make a difference to them and all of this gray hair doesn’t matter. They want somebody who’s in the ring fighting for them. And I tell you what, I can go with the boxing gloves on or take the boxing gloves off and go bare knuckles with it. Anyway, I’m out there fighting for my constituents…I’m fighting for and I’m fighting for America.”
