"On Thursday we learned that ... Lucy McBath, an African-American gun control advocate, had flipped the [Georgia congressional] seat.Last week's election has many examples of Democrats winning because they inspired resistance to the terrible demagogs and rising fascism in our country.
"McBath’s victory was emblematic of the Resistance triumphs in the midterms. There was no immediate catharsis on Tuesday, no definitive national rebuke of a president whose bottomless depravity continues to dumbfound more than half the country. But the steady work of citizens who’ve been trying, over the last two years, to fight the civic nightmare of Trumpism bore fruit. It was a slog, pockmarked with disappointments. At the end, though, there was hope."
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Resistance: Maybe not futile
From "The Resistance Strikes Back" by Michelle Goldberg in the New York Times:
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The only thing to do is fight back.
ReplyDeleteAnd at the end there will be a little piece of victory.
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