Democrats now have their grievance
Clearly the Republicans have had enormous electoral success in pushing issues, with slogans, that enrage and energize their voters and contributors. It was all about what they believed was either actually or potentially taken from them. The rallying calls were “you will not replace us,” “stop the steal” and “don’t take our guns.”
Now the Democrats have their main energizing and enraging issue: the right to choose whether to end a pregnancy.
The right to vote, truly enshrined and clearly being eroded, hasn’t brought hundreds of thousands of people into the streets, nor moved the dial in so many recent primaries. But the reversal of Roe v Wade has awakened and enraged people all across the political spectrum.
The very real possibility that other rights, decided upon the same constitutional foundation, are unquestionably in jeopardy, provides the Democrats, allied with the fearful and grieving citizens of all party affiliations, with reason to mobilize for the forthcoming elections in November.
All the Democrats need do is frame this actual, and other grievances, into a winning slogan and the pendulum can swing back to restore and save these hard won rights.
Betty Ussach, Dartmouth
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