Commentary: Here are five reasons why boring old Dark Brandon is, in a weird way, the right presidential candidate for 2024.
For everything that progressives care about, this is not a close election. Which leads me to my next point:There is a lot at stake in this coming set of elections, and it does affect everyone, but let’s admit it, it affects some of us a lot more than others. When Republicans ram through work requirements for food stamps, that doesn’t affect me a lot. But it sure as hell affects a single mom trying to make ends meet.
But if there’s one thing that the religion of which I am a rabbi teaches, it’s that precisely when we’re not directly impacted is when we most need to step up. Protect the widow and the orphan, the Bible demands — not because you’re a widow or an orphan, but precisely because you have power and status that they do not. Don’t oppress foreigners. Don’t favor the powerful. Feed the hungry and clothe the naked.
So, in 2023 and 2024, if you’re lucky enough to not be primarily targeted by the American Nationalist Right’s xenophobia and ignorance, that’s your moral imperative to get involved on behalf of those who are.Finally, while Joe Biden may not be the candidate of choice of younger, more progressive voters, there’s a way in which this is actually a good thing. Because progressive leadership needs time and resources to develop.
The conventional wisdom is that a strong standard-bearer at the top has “coattails” that benefit races down the ballot. But it’s also true that a meh standard-bearer enables activists to focus on those down-ballot races and make meaningful change, particularly in progressive parts of the country. For Democrats, 2024 is not going to be a personality-driven election. It’s going to be a save-the-country-driven election. So, do things that benefit the top, middle, and bottom of the barrel. Register young people to vote, and help them vote. Step up and counter the lies being told about trans people, Black people, progressives, socialists, and anyone else the Right wants to demonize.
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