“It’s Simple . . . Vote For the People You Love”

If you love someone who is gay or black or Jewish or an immigrant, or if you love someone who is elderly or sick or if you love children and women, don’t vote for people who will hurt them. They’ve said they will. They couldn’t be any clearer. Don’t vote for them because your gas or your groceries cost more at the moment. They’ve also been very clear that they have no plan to fix that. They have no plans, period, except to make themselves rich. It’s simple. Vote for the people you love.

– Mary Engelbreit
via Facebook
November 7, 2022

NEXT: Progressive Perspectives
on the U.S. Midterm Elections

Related Off-site Links:
What’s at Stake in the Midterms? Electoral Democracy As We Know It – John Nichols (The Progressive, October 31, 2022).
Republicans Keep Harping On Inflation, But Don’t Have Any Answers For It – Michael Hiltzik (The Los Angeles Times, October 31, 2022).
Do Not Let Them Win – David Boddiger and Norman Stockwell (The Progressive, November 4, 2022).
The 2022 Midterms Are a Referendum on the Future of Democracy in the U.S. – Henry A. Giroux (TruthOut, November 4, 2022).
Critics Warn GOP Midterm Victory Would Be Disaster for Working Class, Democracy, and Planet – Jon Queally (Common Dreams, November 5, 2022).
Democrats Confront Their Nightmare Scenario on Election Eve As Economic Concerns Overshadow Abortion and Democracy Worries – Stephen Collinson (CNN Politics, November 7, 2022).
On Election Day, the Sum of All Fears – Michael Winship (Common Dreams, November 8, 2022).
Extremists on the Ballot – The Progressive (November 7, 2022).
“You Will All Be Executed”: Arizona Poll Workers Endure Right-Wing Midterm Threats – Kenny Stancil (Common Dreams, November 7, 2022).
To Improve U.S. Democracy in the Future, We Must Defend It Right Now – Jeffrey C. Isaac (Common Dreams, November 7, 2022).
Sunrise Movement on Midterm Election: If GOP Takes Congress, Climate Action Will Be Stalled, Reversed – Democracy Now! (November 8, 2022).
Big Oil Spent $13 Million to Boost Republicans in These Three Toss-Up Senate Races – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, November 8, 2022).
The Very Best Response to GOP Election Denial? Vote – Michael Waldman (Common Dreams, November 8, 2022).
Inflated Rhetoric: The GOP Doesn’t Care About Inflation or Working People – Tim Koechlin (Common Dreams, November 8, 2022).
Be Patient: This Election Is Probably Going to Go On a While – Domenico Montanaro (NPR News, November 7, 2022).

UPDATES: Voting Rights Advocates Say There Have Been No Major Concerns So Far – NPR News (November 8, 2022).
Democrat Maxwell Frost Elected As the First Gen Z Member of Congress – Elena Moore (NPR News, November 9, 2022).
Summer Lee and Maxwell Frost Among New Progressive Champions Heading to U.S. House – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, November 9, 2022).
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Is Reelected, Defeating Democrat Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin – Deepa Shivaram (NPR News, November 9, 2022).
Republican Gains Shaping Up to Be Smaller Than Predicted – Juma Sei (NPR News, November 9, 2022).
“Young People Saved This Election” for Democrats, Say Progressives – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, November 9, 2022).
Robert Reich: Democrats Can No Longer Compromise with “Authoritarian” Republicans – Democracy Now! (November 8, 2022).
Six Takeaways From the 2022 Midterm Election That’s Not Over Yet – Domenico Montanaro (NPR News, November 9, 2022).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• An Essential Read Ahead of the Midterms
• Marianne Williamson on the Current Condition of the U.S.
• Jim Naureckas: Quote of the Day – October 26, 2022
• Republicans Don’t Care About American Democracy