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The issue is that to really help people, we have to win elections. We lost this election mainly because we did a lousy job communicating the good news about economic issues, and educating the public about how inflation works. This messaging must happen EVERY DAY, not just the last 100 days before an election.

So we lost and are locked out of power. Our plan B requires us to bring as much public pain upon Trump and the Republicans as possible. Social issues won't do a thing in that regard. But the economic issues are very powerful. The country is very much in an "Eat the Rich" frame of mind. We just have to be out there every day explaining how each of Trump's economic fails is an attempt to enrich the billionaires at the expense of ordinary Americans.

And fortunately, Trump is giving is plenty of ammunition for that. If we can succeed at pinning their ears back on economic issues, then we will gain some leverage that we can use to help protect LGBT rights and other things we all believe in.