While the judiciary may curtail some of Donald Trump's worst abuses, the courts are limited in their ability to restrain Trump. Their job is not to set policy. They are not to settle political questions. Additionally, although Trump has not yet disobeyed a Supreme Court ruling, he may do so in the future. The Supreme Court has no means to carry out an order.
Congress has proven unable to restrain Trump due to the Republican Congress marching in lockstep with Trump, except in a very few instances. If Trump is going to be restrained, it must happen at the ballot box. Democrats must win the midterms. They do not need to barely squeak out a win, but win by a significantly large number so Trump cannot steal the election.
It is not paranoia to think Trump may try to steal the mid-term election. On January 6, 2021 he tried to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election results. I fully expect efforts by Donald Trump to try and subvert the midterms. I am not going to be surprised if we do not have ICE agents patrolling the streets near polling places, suppressing voter turnout. I am not going to be surprised if Congress refuses to seat some Democrats who win their election. There may be instances where there were minor irregularities and that is used as an excuse not to seat the winner of the election. As an example, assume that due to an extreme weather event, polls are kept open longer than normal. That may be used as an excuse to not seat the elected Democrat. There are other situations which could be used as a justification to challenge the winner of an election. If Democrats only win the midterms by four or five seats, Republicans may succeed in stealing the election; if they win by 30 seats, it is much harder. A Democrat victory needs to be "too big to rig."
I contend the way for Democrats to win is to try to capture the center of the political spectrum. By pandering to the social justice, identity politics, and woke faction of the electorate, Democrats' path to victory is much narrower. Many disaffected Republicans and independents may vote for a moderately liberal Democrat but not a Democratic Socialist. They may vote for a normal person who wants to give people more free stuff, but not a progressive who speaks Woke. The disaffected may vote for the Republican, or stay home unless they have someone running who does not offend them.
There is a tug of war going on in the Democratic Party between the center-left and the progressives. Believing the Democrats have a much better chance of winning if they are the party of the center-left. I want to see the center-left win the battle.
I used to be a contributor to the Republican Party. I am a person of modest means but made annual contributions to the RNC, the State Party, the local Party, the House Republican organization, the Senate Republican organization and the Republican Governors Association, and some individual candidates and organizations that supported Republican causes. A few years ago, I stopped all contributions to Republican organizations and pro-Trump organizations.
Believing it is imperative that Trump be stopped and believing that winning at the ballot box is the only way to do it, I am looking to do my part. If I can find sane Democrats with a chance of winning, I will send money to those candidates. The Win the Center PAC is looking for those candidates. I am sending them some money. Below is their appeal. Please consider contributing.
Rod,
I've learned a lot in the last few years, but one lesson stands out above all the rest: elections are won by running and supporting candidates who are unafraid to take on the fights that voters care about—even when it means bucking their own party.
I saw it firsthand in my race against Lauren Boebert. We came just 546 votes short of flipping a solid Republican district, and we did it by focusing on the issues that matter to everyday people and building a broad coalition—not by chasing the loudest, most extreme voices.
That's the approach we need to take if we want to build a real majority. We have to compete and win in the places where it's toughest to be a Democrat. We need to back pragmatic candidates who can earn trust in the broad middle, beat extremists, and deliver for their communities.
That’s why we started the Win the Center.
Let me be clear about something: I’m not taking a salary or single dime myself. Our mission is to strategically raise and distribute money to the Democratic fighters who are running in these tough races and the ones who are willing to put their communities over Washington politics.
We are taking the lessons we learned from my campaign and applying them on a national scale because we believe this is what it will take to get Democrats back to winning again. We’re identifying the most vulnerable incumbents and the most promising challengers—the ones who can actually win—and giving them the resources they need to get across the finish line.
If you’re tired of seeing extremists win races they shouldn't, and if you believe that the path to a Democratic majority runs through the center, then please, join us.
Your donation will go directly to the candidates who can win. Can you make a donation today to help us get started?
Thank you for being on this journey with me.
With gratitude,
Adam Frisch
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