Folks, I wish I were writing with better news today. But last night, a block of Democratic senators handed Donald Trump exactly what he wanted: a deal that fails to fund the Affordable Care Act subsidies for working families.
And I need you to see exactly who made that choice:
❌Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
❌Dick Durbin (D-IL)
❌John Fetterman (D-PA)
❌Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
❌Tim Kaine (D-VA)
❌Angus King (D-ME)
❌Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
❌Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Each one voted to give Trump his political trophy. And let’s be honest about the power behind the curtain: this wasn’t some spontaneous collapse of courage. This was Chuck Schumer’s chorus of proxy voters doing the dirty work he didn’t want to leave fingerprints on. He’s already underwater with the majority of voters after a year of rolling over for Trump, and he knows it.
What you saw last night was the quiet machinery of the old guard humming along: follow orders, keep your head down, hope voters forget.
But working families won’t forget what losing ACA subsidies means.
Disabled Americans won’t forget.
Young people struggling to stay insured won’t forget.
The communities we fight for every single day will absolutely not forget.
Here’s the part that makes me the angriest: while leaders and candidates across the country raced to denounce this deal, they could do it comfortably because their hands weren’t being forced. Don’t mistake their distance for courage. If Schumer had told them to fold, too many would have done it without blinking.
We are done pretending that the path back to a Democratic majority runs through politicians who cave the moment Donald Trump snaps his fingers. We are done handing the future of this movement to people who believe obedience is safer than backbone.
If we want a Congress that protects healthcare, not bargains it away…
If we want a Democratic Party that stands with working people, not party bosses…
If we want a midterm map built on courage, not capitulation…
Then we have to build it ourselves.
Forward Blue is funding and lifting up candidates who refuse to bow to Trump, Schumer, or anyone else who treats our communities as bargaining chips. But that work takes resources. It takes grit. It takes us deciding, right now, that we’re not waiting for permission to fight back.
So I’m asking you personally: will you chip in $10 or whatever you can today to help us build a new generation of Democratic leadership, take back Congress in the midterms, and resource candidates that don’t cave for convenience?
Your contribution sends a message that the era of automatic obedience to the old guard is over.
We’re not here to watch the party collapse into Trump’s demands. We’re here to rebuild it from the ground up.
I’m in this fight with you. And after last night, I’m more determined than ever.
In solidarity,
David Austin
Executive Director
Forward Blue
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