That is, alas, the way. Support better candidates when you have the chance, and vote against fascism and genocide when able.

For those who want to do an even funnier thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entryism

Brent Hennrich is probably our best bet, but he needed way more funding to get to traditional ads to reach people so he just couldn't really get in front of her.

AFAIK you don’t have to move. Candidates are not required to live in the district for which they seek office. There are tons of districts across the US with basically unchallenged status quo incumbents who could be easily replaced by progressives.

Transphobes think about transness more than transgender people do

I feel like Erin has a point.

I also feel like the Dems in my state are the infinitely better alternative to the scam artist and big pharma conmen the GOP is putting forward. I'd much rather petition Acton and Brown to support the trans community than march in huge protests that are ultimately ignored by their Republican counterparts that are actively trying to harm and denigrate the trans community.

"avoid" the democrats

who do you think that benefits?

blue no matter who

Which ones?

Most of these states will never elect a progressive Dem (as proven by the primaries over and over again). Someone left of center is far better than a Republican.

This is the problem with the Democratic Party.

its not a Party. Its 37 parties in a trenchcoat, and there is no unifying idealism, goal, or outlook that binds them to singular purpose outside of the 2 party system crushing all the non-extrem-right-wing people together into the not-extreme-right-wing party (that is slowly becoming more and more right wing because of all the right wing people being forced into it due to the 2 party system)

You have some people, that genuinely care about the people and think its governments job to serve them, like Mamdani, and AOC, and Bernie Sanders (Who is technically Independent, but is basically a Democrat in everything but affiliation label, since he's always worked so close with them)

Then you have some people that don't think trans people should have rights/exist, and should be put in prison, but don't want to actively hunt them for sport, which makes them too lefty liberal for Republicans.

Then you have the actual Republicans like Fetterman, Sinema, and Manchin, who are actual Republicans running as democrats just to act as saboteurs on any democratic vote or cohesion.

and a whole big spectrum from shit to okay in between.

Democrats only care about the marginalized as far as it keeps them in power

Most of the Democratic party is a lot better than this, but we do need to do a much better job of kicking shitheads out