General Discussion

It is easy to look at a photograph and demand that leadership turn it into a political weapon, but I think we have to look at the bigger picture.

I think it's a mistake for anyone to be framing our leadership as weak (or timid or ineffective) simply because they aren't holding press conferences about property damage. This ignores the reality of what actually moves voters. Also, I think it only serves to diminish what we're actually doing.

As involved political junkies, of course this stuff horrifies us. But in a frontline election cycle, voters care about inflation, reproductive rights, healthcare, and national security.

Focusing national messaging on a landscape photo would make the party look performative and distracted. Leadership is fighting exactly where it matters most: on the legislative floor and in organizing the ground game to win back our majorities.