Hey, DNC, I’ve got your unifying message right here.
A new poll shows that the majority of Americans believe Donald Trump is using the Iranian people as human distractions for his crimes against humanity. Deploying 2,500 Marines to Iran is a clear signal that Trump is willing to send our military to die for him just because his name is so embedded in the Epstein Files.
This is the kind of thing Democrats should be talking about every chance they get. Trump’s failures are all they need to campaign on. Every last one of his sycophants in Congress shoulders the blame for everything he does, and that’s what Democrats need to focus on.
MAKE TRUMP’S FAILURES STICK TO MAGA CANDIDATES.
That’s it.
That’s the Democratic Party’s unifying message for the 2026 midterms.
You’re welcome, Ken Martin! It’s okay, you can send me a small stipend for that and the other ideas I have about the aggressive campaign every Democratic candidate needs.
Call it OPERATION TRUMP’S FAULT.
Gas prices? Trump’s fault.
Grocery prices? Trump’s fault.
Epstein Files and the Iran body count thus far? Soooo Trump’s fault.
Trump is the Republican Party, and they are him (maybe not Rep. Thomas Massie at the moment, but the rest for sure).
Democrats have been accused of not bragging about our accomplishments while also not holding their Republican colleagues accountable. It’s time to switch things up ahead of a midterm election that Trump is already telling everyone is rigged. Sound familiar? Do any of us need to relive any of our previous elections over the last decade of Trump Blight?
Democrats need to quit campaigning nicely and use the truth as a weapon against their Republican opponents, who are barely holding on to their simple majority because they’ve been dropping like flies in the House.
CNN reports that a record 35 House Republicans are either retiring or seeking higher office, such as Senator or Governor. It’s the most since at least 1930, according to data cited from the Brookings Institution.
The recent scandal surrounding Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) is just the latest gift handed to the Democrats from the Trumpublicans. Despite his initial refusals to resign, Gonzalez has now acquiesced and isn’t seeking reelection. And the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) falsifying her Congressional expense report could cost them their majority even before the midterms.
Mace’s seat was already going to be vacated before January 2027 because she’s running a failing campaign for Governor of South Carolina. Her erratic online behavior and support of Trump instead of the Epstein Survivors have made her incredibly unpopular both online and off. And now she might be expelled from Congress over the more than $9,000 she allegedly embezzled from the United States government.
That’s another glorious advantage for Democrats if it happens. No bills are going to get passed when there’s every chance of a 217-217 tie. It weakens the Hastert Rule (not bringing bills to the floor without majority party support), and passing any bills out of committee becomes more difficult.
While there have been plenty of Democrats speaking out against the Trump regime and the Epstein Files, they’re still facing the very real problem of getting the truth to rise to the top, where Americans can see it. Trump and his allies are doing all they can to control the flow of information. FCC Chair Brendan Carr is now threatening to pull broadcast licenses if networks don’t air Trump’s Iran propaganda. At the same time, the 2026 midterms will be the first election truly impacted by the advances in AI technology and deepfakes. Whatever Elon did to help Trump in 2024 is going to not just be repeated, but worsened by whatever his Grok can be programmed to say or show.
As someone who makes my meager living by telling the truth, I’ve only grown more worried about how we’re supposed to believe anything we see or hear at this very critical moment. Our democracy is at stake. Nobody should be playing nice when every decision Trump makes comes with a body count.
But I’m not here to complain without providing solutions. The way to get the truth to the American public is to deliver it to them in a way that can’t be ignored. How does Trump’s propaganda get shared? It starts with a briefing from Press Secretary Karoline “KKKaroline Lie-vitt” Leavitt in a Press Room full of chosen right-wing media outlets. Seems a little biased, right?
So where’s our Democratic Press Secretary to give a daily briefing to counter those lies, like a daily response to the State of the Union? I’ve had this idea since about a week after Trump slithered back into the White House, and every time I’ve written or posted about it on social media, the response is overwhelming.
All members of the media would be invited to the Democratic Press briefing, which would be held at the Capitol. There’s no way the press wouldn’t show up, regardless of the outlet. The so-called “liberal” media that’s been jettisoned from the daily White House briefings is starved for access to the truth and would relish the chance to get real answers to their questions. The right-wing media would show up with their biased questions and get owned by someone smart, informed, and experienced at handling people like Peter Doocy.
I’ve often suggested Jessica Tarlov from Fox News for the job, because she shuts down the pile of stalking smarm that is Jesse Watters five days a week without raising her voice. I don’t know that she’d take the pay cut, but that’s the vibe we need from a Democratic Press Secretary. They’d meet the press while Democratic members of Congress go on TV to keep pushing the unifying message:
EVERYTHING IS TRUMP’S FAULT.