Democrats: To Win America Back, Confront Trump's and the GOP's Naked Corruption (DU'er Thom Hartmann)

[usonian]

https://hartmannreport.com/p/democrats-to-win-america-back-confront

Péter Magyar defeated Viktor Orbán in last weekend’s Hungarian elections because he ran a Navalny-style playbook, calling Orbán’s and his billionaire buddies’ capture of the media and most other aspects of Hungarian life a “state capture system” grounded in good old-fashioned corruption.

From Orban’s son-in-law pulling a Jared and using his government position to become one of the richest men in the country, to his billionaire cronies buying up the media like the billionaire Ellisons are doing here now, corruption was Magyar’s singular through-line message. And it worked, producing an overwhelming turnout and undeniable victory.

It will work here, too!

Democrats are (continuously, it seems) debating what should be their campaign strategy, their main through-line message, for the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Every faction and special interest group in the country is pushing their own idea, but there’s one overarching concept — one word — that can encompass most all of them and do so with a proven political punch: “Corruption.”

Usonian adds: Jabba the Orange Hutt been watching old movies. Think's he's Citizen Kane.

[yellow dahlia]

1. Agreed. The corruption is the obvious message.

I see the consultant class pushing the "affordability" message. You don't need to tell people they can't afford to live, right now.

And the corruption is at the heart of it all. The corruption, and the system to favor the monied few, is the source of the collateral effect of lack of affordability for the rest of us.

[blm]

2. Anti-corruption Democrats are the only true Democrats, imo.