Markokenya
2 min readSep 12, 2020

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Good article Dave, and I think we can drill into why this is happening. It's not a Biden problem, or a minority voters problem. It's the DNC and the talking points sent to CNN and MSNBC via insiders like Donna Brazile, Maria Teresa Kumar, Karine Jean-Pierre and others 'from head office'. They focus on the downtrodden, the unemployed and homeless, the migrants at the border, #meToo, #blacklivesmatter and other - admittedly very important - topics.

But they are NOT talking about small business, employment and re-employment, and they are not talking about safety in the streets.

Now let's be in the shoes a black family that is doing ok. Dad is a sales rep at an insurance agency, and mom is a marketing manager at a supermarket chain. They work hard, they go to church on Sunday, they are pillars of their community, and their kids are growing up educated and healthy. This family doesn't need a handout. They want their streets safe. They want things that are not on the agenda when you tune into MSNBC.

Same goes for a Latino family where both parents are gainfully employed. They hear you, but there's nothing that resonates. They want to make money. They want to buy a house. They want schools to be safe and they want after-school programs to keep kids out of trouble while mom and dad work.

The democratic party used to be the working people's party. It has forgotten. It has become the #MeToo and #BLM party at the expense of almost all the issues that matter to mainstream America. Assuming all black people wake up and shout #BLM in the morning is plain silly. Most people who have jobs think about getting kids off to school and then getting to work, regardless what color their skin is.

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Markokenya
Markokenya

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San Francisco geek, entrepreneur, wannabe economist, mediocre equestrian

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