Harold Monteau: Democrats need to get their act together in new election season

Monday, August 14, 2017  

Is it election season already? Again? Harold Monteau, a citizen of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, offers some advice for the Democrats, who are out of in power in Congress and the White House:

I’m going to state this clearly and simply for the Democratic Leadership in Congress, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Super-Delegates, DNC National Leadership and DNC State Leaders. This is about what you should do and what you should not do for the 2018 and 2020 Elections.
• Please do give all Democratic candidates a fair chance at the nominations in national and state elections and don’t try to force your pre-ordained candidates on us.
• Please don’t hand pick a presidential candidate before the Democratic Electorate votes and heed the vote of the rank and file Democrats. Ordaining a candidate for president 4 or 8 years ahead of time, as a consolation prize, is neither good politics nor honest.
• Please don’t give up on red states, especially where there is a high population of Native Americans, Hispanics and African Americans. (Native precincts in Montana pushed Bill Clinton over the line in what otherwise was predicted to be a Republican win.) Put money into getting minorities to register and get to the polls.

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