Don’t know much about Lau, but it’s disappointing to see so many people assuming the worst…
AMY GOODMAN: We’re going to go to the sit-in in the second hour of Democracy Now!, where some of the people were sleeping. Also, the executive director of the Democratic National Committee, Roger Lau, stayed overnight to ensure that they weren’t arrested?
JEREMIAH ELLISON: Yeah. I left around 2 a.m. to get some folks home, but that’s my understanding from, you know, my colleagues on the ground, is that Roger Lau was there.
A senior DNC leader staying over ight to ensure Dem voters who were protesting were free to keep exercising their first amendment rights, even tho he was defacto one of the people they were protesting.
That is not more of the same, and it’s good he’s advancing in the chain of command.
Like, I’m sure as shit critical of prior leadership, but it’s like people don’t understand the chair sets the tone.
They delegate some things, but maintain final say. And the last 30 years of Dem leadership have all be significantly to the right of Ken Martin.
Is he the best possible option? Nope.
But it honestly isn’t that hard to beat Republicans. We just have to run fair and authentic primaries and not rob state parties via Victory Fund nonsense to set on fire convincing dem voters to vote for someone they disagree with on a long llist of different policy positions.
Yeah, painting Lau as a lion of centrism is when I realized this piece wasn’t actually going to let reality get in the way of its premise. And I’m highly skeptical the DNC, even with Lau, is going to actually right the ship. But pretending his appointment is evidence for such failure is just nonsense. He may not be a savior, but he’s not a sign of doom.
I don’t think you’ll enjoy your new role of trying to defend what one of the parties is doing. It’s much easier to complain and criticize and pretend the people you support would be perfect while not naming them.
Don’t know much about Lau, but it’s disappointing to see so many people assuming the worst…
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/22/dnc_uncommitted_sit_in_protest
A senior DNC leader staying over ight to ensure Dem voters who were protesting were free to keep exercising their first amendment rights, even tho he was defacto one of the people they were protesting.
That is not more of the same, and it’s good he’s advancing in the chain of command.
Like, I’m sure as shit critical of prior leadership, but it’s like people don’t understand the chair sets the tone.
They delegate some things, but maintain final say. And the last 30 years of Dem leadership have all be significantly to the right of Ken Martin.
Is he the best possible option? Nope.
But it honestly isn’t that hard to beat Republicans. We just have to run fair and authentic primaries and not rob state parties via Victory Fund nonsense to set on fire convincing dem voters to vote for someone they disagree with on a long llist of different policy positions.
Yeah, painting Lau as a lion of centrism is when I realized this piece wasn’t actually going to let reality get in the way of its premise. And I’m highly skeptical the DNC, even with Lau, is going to actually right the ship. But pretending his appointment is evidence for such failure is just nonsense. He may not be a savior, but he’s not a sign of doom.
I don’t think you’ll enjoy your new role of trying to defend what one of the parties is doing. It’s much easier to complain and criticize and pretend the people you support would be perfect while not naming them.