White House insults activists

 

Folks who support abortion rights from every wing of the Democratic Party have rightly criticized President Biden’s lackluster response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. What does the administration do in response? It pretends that progressive activists are the only ones calling them out.

This is what the White House Communications Director said in the Washington Post: "Joe Biden’s goal in responding to Dobbs is not to satisfy some activists who have been consistently out of step with the mainstream of the Democratic Party. It’s to deliver help to women who are in danger and assemble a broad-based coalition to defend a woman’s right to choose now, just as he assembled such a coalition to win during the 2020 campaign."

Those words are insulting for a number of reasons. First, Pres. Biden responding in full to secure abortion rights is a concern of all people who care about health care and reproductive rights in this country, not just activists. Second, activists were a major part of the coalition that helped elect Biden in 2020.

This is not a winning message in a midterm election year. The mainstream Democratic Party cannot take action to protect our rights, fight climate change, and guarantee the health and safety of all people in this country when it’s too busy attacking progressives.

Justice Democrats is fighting back. can you donate $10 to help us elect leaders who will FIGHT unequivocally for the people? We are nearing primaries where we must lift Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, and Jamaal Bowman to victory. We need their fight, their activism, and their advocacy for us in Congress.

We can’t just vote our way out of a broken status quo in November. Because solving the crises of our day will require organizing, fighting, and electing BETTER Democrats — not just the same old Democrats.

Nancy Pelosi supported anti-choice Democrat Henry Cuellar in a primary against pro-choice progressive Justice Democrat Jessica Cisneros. And in the face of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Biden took weeks to issue an executive order on abortion access and it’s still not enough. Now, the White House is trying to blame activists for criticism of Biden’s lackluster action.

How can the Democratic establishment expect us to fight for a party that criticizes activists, scapegoats progressives, and tries to stop young progressive women of color from representing the people in Congress instead of corporate donors?

We will always fight back against a corporate-backed Democratic Party trying to sell us on the status quo. The status quo isn’t enough, and it’s well past time that we transform the Party and see transformative change in this country.

We will continue our activism, no matter what the Democratic establishment thinks.

In solidarity,

Justice Democrats

 

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