Not leading by your standards? What I have is an understanding of how leadership takes on different forms. Jeffries is leading as he sees fit given his current position. The real question is why wont white leftists and their pers listen to Black Americans?
Let me ask a different question. What do you think Dem leadership should be doing? And by leadership, I mean Schumer, Jeffries, and whomever you think qualifies as leadership. I recognize that all of them are constrained in what they can do, since we are the minority party in Congress.
However, I don't think we should be validating GOP talking points, and I feel like the main strategy being deployed by leadership is the Carville doctrine, which is to sit back, do nothing, and let the GOP implode and destroy their own brand. I think this is shortsighted.
I don't think this gives Americans a reason to resist, or to vote Dem. I think people like Mamdani have the right msg, and tho leadership endorsed Mamdani's msg, including Jeffries, I feel like thy are validating too many GOP talking points. I'd rather they say nothing than to undermine Mamdani
On NYC, Cuomo represents everything wrong w/Dem party in general. On cities, Pritzger, Moore, & Jeffries all talked abt current/planned military occupation of cities. I can't evaluate Schumer's comments, since I haven't seen them.
I thought both Pritzger, Moore did a better job pushing back and against GOP talking points. Jeffries lost me when he validated some GOP talking points. Saying Dems care abt crime misses the point. If it were just abt crime, they'd be sending NG to Red states too. Totally racist deployment strategy
I listen, respect what Crockett says, agree w/near all of it. Same w/Booker, Chris Bouzy. So, why is being unhappy w/Jeffries not listening to black ppl? Mostly, you've said it's a white problem, not a black one. You're happy w/what he's doing, I'm not as happy.
1. Bouzy is a con man. 2. Black people include more than Crockett, Booker, Jeffries… 3. You read nothing that said im happy with anyone 4. Not sure why everyone you follow has to agree with you to be happy, but I have ideas as to why
Whatever dude. Black people are a very diverse group, just as w/any group, I was simply mentioning some in positions of power. You're correct; I read nothing you said indicating you're happy w/anyone. My mistake. I don't have to agree w/everyone I follow, but I won't follow MAGA. They're toxic.
I'd also add Rep. Maxwell Frost to that list too.
They are a miniscule fraction of one part of a fraction of our community. What Black people have you broken bread with who dont agree with all your political positions?
Howard Smith. A black man I attended college with. He and I disgareed signficiantly. I was always on the losing side of the arguments. He's who put me on my path to being a white liberal you disdain so much. I credit he and Reggie Washington for who I am today.
They challenged me a lot to question my political assumptions about a lot of things. You won't know them however. I knew them back when I lived in Texas and was a Republican. My dad was a bigger influence, but I didn't get to know him till I left TX. They both encouraged me to leave TX.
Who are you in consistent interactions with today? And correction… my disdain is for the arrogance white liberals and leftists consistently operate within and their insistence that race does not matter as you have suggested.
I never said race doesn't matter. Just that it wasn't behind my critique of Jeffries. You suggested it was. In fact, I did say I thought race was a primary factor in Harris' loss. Not once did I say race doesn't matter ever, or in general.
I worked on a grocery stock crew that was 90% black. I was only white guy, with 1 Hispanic. I saw racism first hand @ the groc store, and it was never directed @ me. Tim, another friend on the crew, and I did an experiment once. We stocked ailes in tandem.
Anytime white person would ask us where to find items in store, I would lie, he would be true. If they were black, we would reverse, he would lie, I would be true. Our lied directions were always opposite direction of truth.
We would then watch what direction they went. Nearly everyone believed me over him . . black or white. Sometimes black cust. would ask again, and we'd both sing true. He predicted it would happen that way. I didn't believe him. It was an eye opening experience.