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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust an incredible speech about what and how to fight back. We need more of this.
I wish she was my Senator.
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Irish_Dem
(47,928 posts)I'd love to see her run for US congress.
wanda4rafi
(92 posts)That is as powerful and eloquent response to a Magat as I've heard since they first crawled out of the slime.
Someone needs to send this to Lawrence, or Rachel.
Irish_Dem
(47,928 posts)A gifted speaker with a great sense of morality and service.
Yes I hope one of the MSNBC hosts shows this clip.
ShazzieB
(16,645 posts)He was sitting in for Lawrence O'Donnell last night. He showed the video and then had Mallory McMorrow on the show for an interview. It was great!
Irish_Dem
(47,928 posts)I hope she gets national attention and is considered for US congress. We need people like her.
jmbar2
(4,920 posts)Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)MUCH NEEDED
RESPECT
thanks so much for posting, fw!!
DFW
(54,506 posts)I will certainly bring this clip to the attention of a few people! What a FABULOUS speech!
Jarqui
(10,131 posts)onecaliberal
(32,996 posts)justhanginon
(3,290 posts)take note! This is what we need on the national stage.
Rebl2
(13,594 posts)peggysue2
(10,850 posts)Righteous indignation, standing firm on your values and pushing back in a clear, deliberate, forceful manner.
We need more of this.
flying_wahini
(6,701 posts)Nevilledog
(51,286 posts)Link to tweet
The Recount
@therecount
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slams Disney for opposing Floridas Dont Say Gay law:
In every episode now, theyre gonna have Mickey and Pluto going at it You can always shift to Cinemax if you want that.
Watch on Twitter
11:11 AM · Apr 19, 2022
Conjuay
(1,448 posts)You got less than 5 million votes the last time around.
Magic Kingdom ALONE had seven MILLION attendees in 2020- during a pandemic.(Attendance that year was down 67% over the previous year)
That's only the one park - Disney World has four parks- are you sure you want to piss off that many potential voters?
But go ahead and get yourself leashed up to DipShitis, that way you can both crash and burn.
dlk
(11,601 posts)Rachel did an excellent segment on this last night. What this appears to demonstrate is how deeply Putin has infiltrated the Republican Party.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)All the more reason to destroy that bastard as quickly as possible. He has given us the excuse and the world is aligned with us.
Sanctions, destruction of his military with Ukrainian help, and ultimately his own cronies will reduce him to rubble.
dlk
(11,601 posts)Its amazing how one person can be responsible for so much death and destruction.
Orrex
(63,270 posts)Alerted on every one of the posts; every post was deemed not to violate "community standards."
The Reichwing has strong allies in social media, and conventional media have no interest in calling out Reichwing tactics.
We are fast approaching the point of "by any means necessary."
dlk
(11,601 posts)History has shown where that leads.
RVN VET71
(2,700 posts)And CPAC, eagerly following that lead, proudly carries its Othala Rune banner to Budapest.
dlk
(11,601 posts)They have been ramped up by Russian pay ops.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I avoid it like the plague - also Twit and whatever other crap has popped up.
wnylib
(21,783 posts)More of this, please.
world wide wally
(21,760 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,893 posts)Double and Triple Awesome!!!!!!
peggysue2
(10,850 posts)Excellent speech, powerful delivery.
I want this woman on my side.
LuckyLib
(6,822 posts)Speak out. Speak up!
japple
(9,850 posts)This Senator is a powerful speaker her words are TRUTH!
MLAA
(17,370 posts)speech and it is the TRUTH.
Wow, just wow. She is inspiring.
LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)from the University of Notre Dame. He made the school co-Ed in the 70s as the longest serving President. He marched with MLK Jr. He was an honorable decent man of the cloth. Respect! Excellent speech!
markie
(22,759 posts)that is how it's done
Wild blueberry
(6,678 posts)Thank you for posting this! Glad I got to see it; hope lots more do.
patphil
(6,253 posts)I'm awestruck.
wendyb-NC
(3,346 posts)I wish she was my Senator, too.
Stuart G
(38,458 posts)BComplex
(8,087 posts)She needs to speak at the democratic national convention in 2024.
Just wow!
Brother Buzz
(36,502 posts)Curiously she's the total antithesis of another woman from Michigan, RNC chairwoman, Ronna Romney McDaniel.
BComplex
(8,087 posts)Antithesis indeed!
SunSeeker
(51,798 posts)It is no coincidence that It has become Republicans' smear du jour.
Glaisne
(517 posts)on the Last Word after Rachel (he was subbing for Lawrence).
AllaN01Bear
(18,781 posts)for the poor. example . a friend was at a well known bigbox church and she asked the pastor on what have u done for the poor and he goes and i aint parafraising ," o them" and out of my friends mouth came , it is easier for a camel to fit thrugh an eye of a needle than a rich man to enter into heaven. " i am glad she stood up to the pediofile nonsense and such. ah the rs pointing back on themselves , no?
Emile
(23,171 posts)dwayneb
(773 posts)Yes it's a good speech. Very rational, and to a normal person this would be compelling.
But we have to understand that our enemies are not normal. They have been fully brainwashed to believe whatever is fed to them, and they certainly are not going to be watching a speech from someone who has been castigated by their handlers. Why would they listen to anything a "Democrat" or a "Liberal" might say? In fact they won't even participate in debates now and for one simple reason - subconsciously or consciously they understand that their belief system isn't based on logic and reason, and they don't care.
I didn't hear much from her about how to "fight back". As in, identifying specific actions and strategies to derail the powerful propaganda machine of the Radical Right. Words like "we won't let hate win" isn't going to cut it - all this speech does is to unite those of us who are already united.
What we have to figure out is how to exercise the propaganda machine at the same level as our enemies. And it is going to take a lot more than another speech to people that are already convinced, no matter how truthful and heartfelt.
We need a leader like Obama to lead the charge. And so far, I have not seen anyone stepping forward with those qualifications.
wanda4rafi
(92 posts)hell out of Barak as a speaker. I disagree somewhat with your take. Is she going to convert true believer magats. No, but independents and even repugs with an open mind would sit up and pay attention to her words. And even those of us who are tried and true liberals need folks who have the power to inspire us when we become overwhelmed by the endless tide of bs from the right. After hearing her, I'm ready to grab a pitchfork or whatever and head for town.
dwayneb
(773 posts)I'll be right there with you with the pitchfork.
I guess my post was sort of oblique. It is out of frustration more or less - I have come to realize that simply because you know something is true, or feel strongly about it - does not mean you have a path forward or a strategy to win the war.
Based on the last two elections, two minorities of the voting public have been neck and neck in determining whether we will remain a democracy or whether we will move toward authoritarianism. Roughly ~30% voted for a Democrat and ~30% voted for Donald Trump. In one election Trump barely won the EC, and in 2020, Biden had a bigger margin in the EC, but the split percentage wise was not that much different.
The elephant in the room is that 1/3 to 1/2 of the voting public didn't even bother to cast a ballot in the last two Presidentials.
The question is - how do we reach these voters and motivate them to go to the polls? They hold the key to our future. Not the people on this forum, or the ~30% that voted for Clinton and for Biden. They are a given.
wanda4rafi
(92 posts)Thanks.
niyad
(113,941 posts)wanda4rafi
(92 posts)Thanks.
List left
(595 posts)liberalla
(9,277 posts)She's a warrior for the children.
Bravo!
MyOwnPeace
(16,955 posts)if the 'SLUG' who wrote the original campaign note was even in the room. Would LOVE to see her facial expression while she is being cooked on the fire. My guess would be that she was taking notes and not even looking up - but hopefully dying a thousand deaths in her own demented mind.
Warpy
(111,456 posts)Her official website doesn't have a "donate" button. I'll be watching the space and if I can still see when one pops up, I will donate.
Wow.
I haven't heard anything that great in a very long time.
She's a keeper.
To contribute by check:
Mallory McMorrow for Michigan
PO Box 2136
Royal Oak, MI 48068
llmart
(15,567 posts)I'll be donating today. This woman deserves all of our support for defending herself against the dirt the Michigan GOP likes to dish out. Yes, she represents a rather liberal part of Michigan but I really want to see her have a national presence also. She's that good.
lees1975
(3,937 posts)SKKY
(11,835 posts)...could easily counter the trash coming from the right. She's a force, and I think Lana Theis (No idea who she is either and couldn't care less.) just introduced Sen. Mallory McMorrow to the nation. Probably not her intention.
niyad
(113,941 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,613 posts)themaguffin
(3,833 posts)Aepps22
(168 posts)These Republican clowns 🤡 support pedos all of the time. Their gaslighting is remarkable.
IcyPeas
(21,948 posts)k&R
demmiblue
(36,915 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)Operaweeble
(45 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)burrowowl
(17,656 posts)AmBlue
(3,129 posts)Dems need to vent their righteous fire and anger like this EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
We cannot give an inch!!
RocRizzo55
(980 posts)Emile
(23,171 posts)in the future on the national stage!
malaise
(269,292 posts)Jope others learn how to deal with ReTHUGS
Didn't see your thread wjen I posted last night
intheflow
(28,520 posts)She looks like a. Up and coming light in the party.
twodogsbarking
(9,925 posts)Amazing woman.