For a decade, the loudest liberal voices turned rage into content — and accidentally built the most effective Republican turnout machine in history. This isn’t about Trump’s genius. It’s an autopsy of the disease that keeps delivering him power. If you’re ready to stop coping and start winning, read this before President Vance in 2028.
I hear you — the exhaustion is real, and the Canada fantasies are too. I’ve been there.
But here’s the part we have to finally say out loud, together:
Those voters we kept calling racist, misogynist, and deplorable aren’t cartoon villains. They’re the same multiracial working-class people who used to be the heart of the Democratic Party — nurses, truck drivers, factory workers, small-business owners, Black barbers, Latino contractors from Mexico who came here legally. I talked to them all and I understand why they left. The left doesn't even resemble a party with talking points that touch their world. Hard to call them racist when it's the majority of black men and Latino men.
They certainty didn’t wake up one day and decide they love racism or misogyny.
They woke up and realized nobody in power was talking about the price of groceries, rent that doubled, or wages that haven't moved in fifteen years.
Instead they got lectured about pronouns, statues, trans athletes in girls’ sports, “Latinx,” and how every traditional value they hold makes them terrible people.
We didn’t lose them to Trump.
We pushed them away.
And Trump just opened the door and said, “Come on in — I’ll at least talk about your problems.”
If we want them back (and we have to get them back if we ever want to win again), we start by changing what we lead with.
Instead of the three issues that fire up maybe 100 hardcore activists (trans athletes, the exact manner of deportations, what Israel does 6,000 miles away), we lead with the three issues that decide elections for 100 million normal people:
- Can you afford rent and groceries?
- Can your kids ever buy a house?
- Is the country you’re proud of still going to be here for your grandkids?
That’s it. That’s the whole game.
We need to stop handing the GOP free turnout every time we have a meltdown over a niche issue.
I’m here for it.
Here is a trending issue that is blatant rage bait put out there by Trump that I have a feeling no one on the left will be able to resist. Cancellation of Martin Luther King day and Juneteenth.
People need to understand that he doesn't care and his followers don't necessarily agree he's doing this just to see how off the rails the left will go when they read it and that will forever win an election because ignoring him is the only weapon against him when it doesn't hurt people and this doesn't hurt people it just makes us look bad until we get back in and change it back. Strategy over emotion.
And I know this seems radical but how about we have a political party that asks the people what they need and then reacts instead of the other way around.
This leaves me speechless.Nothing new to add! Move to center? Won’t do it…
If raping little girls,overt racism and misogyny is accepted by voters and those same voters want Trump, it’s time to move to Canada! Or, if we could get the people who don’t vote to care enough to vote and win back the country maybe that could do it…how do you target non voters? Will they vote their pocketbook? Follow like sheep? It is worrisome that so many citizens re tolerant of such despicable behavior! I just don’t know if we will recover…keeping hope alive! But worried!
I love you for still having hope — because most people have already checked out.
But I’m not asking you to “move to the center” or compromise on rape, racism, or misogyny.
I’m asking you to believe something much simpler:
The majority of Trump voters are NOT pro-rape, pro-racism, or pro-misogyny.
They’re just normal working-class people — Black, Latino, white, Asian — who are drowning in rent, groceries, and the feeling that nobody in power gives a damn about them.
They didn’t vote FOR those ugly things.
They voted AGAINST being scolded for ten straight years by people who never asked them how life actually feels.
We don’t have to become conservatives.
We just have to stop sounding like we hate the people we claim to be fighting for.
If we lead with:
- Can you pay your bills?
- Can your kids ever own a home?
- Are we still going to have a country in twenty years?
…those same voters will listen again.
And we win in landslides.
I’m not giving up on the left.
I’m trying to save it — the way FDR and LBJ saved it — by putting working people first and culture-war lectures last.
I’m here every day building that version.
Come build it with me.
We’re going to win again, and it’s going to feel so much better than moving to Canada. 🤍
Thank you, Ryan! I’m not going anywhere, e cause I still have hope! I am not sure who the Trump supporters are anymore. When the Pope came out enraged at the treatment of immigrants and citizens by ICE, I assumed most in the Roman Catholic Church would stand with him. Not the case…sadly! The majority of church members still believe in Trump, so I am truly disappointed in the white population for the attitude. Fearful for their position since they are also aware he raped a 13 year old in 1994. “God will judge him” was the response I got from over 20 people I know in the LI church. Frightening. So Ryan, I fear the racism still exists. There must be a stronger message of love, kindness and equality.
They're absolutely is a stronger message but it does matter when you say it and how you say it and where you say it and what you say with it and I don't think anyone on any range of people from Center to left what events bad an eye at any movements far left so long as they're planned well, the campaigning on them, is something where you need to make sure it speaks to the people that were lost. I would love to see a politician come out and run a campaign that's not backed by a corporation or Lobby Because the Internet platforms exist to do it and that would bring a representative message that hits both sides
I have been retired for a long time and believe in term limits and the end of Citizens United. We need legislators who are public servants,not career politicians who build up their war chests from special interest groups to whom they are beholden. I am not naive enough to think this will happen in my lifetime, but I was proud to wear the title given to me by Paul Townsend,May he rest in peace, of citizen legislator. This is what our founding fathers wanted. Clearly, major reform is needed. It’s not coming from the current system and people must be brought in and educated to make changes. Apathy is rampant, and we need more people voting for THEIR OWN GOOD, which may end up being matters of the purse.
Just recently at state of union address. Hakeem tells reps to be silent! Good on Ilan Omar screaming at him and Rashida. Then there were two separate protests by capital. We need to stop agonizing and start organizing! And unite in some kind of cohesiveness.
I do love your frankness at calling out the Dems! You are 💯correct and it’s why Independents are becoming much more important!
I do hope you will write one on the Republicans as well? Lord knows they have their own “Outrage”.
It was the failures of both Parties that got us into this situation. And it’s the American Citizens who failed in their duties as Citizens to pay attention to what their elected representatives were doing!
WE ALL HAVE BLAME SO INSTEAD OF LOOKING OUTWARD FOR A SCAPEGOAT, WE NEED TO LOOK INWARD AT OUR OWN PART IN THIS MESS! Thanks for a great read!!
Absolutely that is coming tomorrow morning on the right, and how they've allowed one man's stance to become their values. Every single thing that I have discussed with Republicans for my entire adult life from states rights , to fiscal responsibility, to smaller government... What happened to all these values? It's more of that disease that this country has where they decided that we will look at politics like they were some type of religion or sports team. Mainly I am trying to perform something that makes people wake up as far as an internal audit and it truly is the citizens that have failed. The way that we react to everything is just not practical. So for those who value a country moving forward, and look at themselves as progressive, we've shown an amazing loyalty to making no progress.
I think media is the main character in this story. Common denominator. They have been profiting the most from both Parties pay-for-play propaganda.
Fox took up the mantle for the Christian Conservatives in the early 80s.CNN did the same with elite liberals. While the clash of the 2 opposing views was entertaining, it was also extremely divisive. Made for good ratings and also why they started the 24/7 news cycle.
It’s always all about the money.
Republicans are like the dog who chases cars. When they actually catch it, they don’t know what to do with it. Reps want more than anything to be in control of the masses. But they are terrible at governing! They get drunk
And MSNBC you got so good playing the fox news game... they had to change their name. I've talked about eliminating the profit motive from news because obviously people can't be responsible. I'm working on a piece that basically says once the OJ trial showed the news media that you could have profit by invoking polarizing emotion, they decided to polarize everything and acted in the literal most unethical way a journalist could act. Forget objective, let's actually spin it for do anything but the objective and create another category altogether... Disingenuous subjectivity
I can’t believe both Parties have done nothing to check media and demand they stick to facts. But when both are profiting from the lies, of course they let it continue. The solutions are simple, it’s getting it done that’s so hard! Everyone but the politicians want term limits so no one will put forth a bill! That right there says they are not working for US.✌️🇺🇸
Tried to take other daily posts of some people and two fact checks on them so they at least expose the spin and what they left out as far as context . I get scream that in the comment section.
OJ Simpson phenomenon. The polarization over an issue that actually doesn't really touch anyone ... that's the kind of psychological data that greedy for Relentless corporations exploit and since then we've seen Fox News get created, CNN an MSNBC eventually follow suit... Profit in outrage coupled with being certain that you have the moral High Ground because the other people are so stupid... I have flat out ask people in the interviews if they've ever had to rethink their political stance because of facts being presented and ended up being learning that they were very wrong about what they thought and they all say no and none of them see a problem with that and when I asked what do you think the chances are that if you pick one side it's going to be right on everything they don't understand what I'm implying with that question.
I know exactly what you’re saying! Most people are voting based on their parents and grandparents. They get in the booth and just vote R or D because they are too lazy to do their homework to see if that candidate even has the values the voter is aligned with. I have been guilty of it myself. But I admit it and am ashamed of it.
This is what comes from looking inward instead of pointing fingers outward. I do my best to be armed with knowledge before I step in the booth! ✌️🇺🇸
Man I really hate talking points that people repeat and the echo chamber that it fosters but I'll bite one time.
Self-hating commie? No. I understand what communionism is and I doubt you do and I didn't say one thing that's communist leaning let alone communist. If taking the intellectual High ground and criticizing a party with within is called communism I would love to hear your definition of democracy.
I'm just a guy who’s tired of watching the same people who claim to hate capitalism cash $400k book advances for explaining why we keep losing to it.
I’m not coming in from the cold. I’m trying to drag the rest of the left out of the freezer before we all die of hypothermia. And I'm always ahead on issues so this will be the narrative you hear in the coming months leading up to 2026 elections. You'll see the entire party move Center because I never predict things that don't happen in the future.
You’re welcome to keep cheering while we fix our own house.
I hear you — the exhaustion is real, and the Canada fantasies are too. I’ve been there.
But here’s the part we have to finally say out loud, together:
Those voters we kept calling racist, misogynist, and deplorable aren’t cartoon villains. They’re the same multiracial working-class people who used to be the heart of the Democratic Party — nurses, truck drivers, factory workers, small-business owners, Black barbers, Latino contractors from Mexico who came here legally. I talked to them all and I understand why they left. The left doesn't even resemble a party with talking points that touch their world. Hard to call them racist when it's the majority of black men and Latino men.
They certainty didn’t wake up one day and decide they love racism or misogyny.
They woke up and realized nobody in power was talking about the price of groceries, rent that doubled, or wages that haven't moved in fifteen years.
Instead they got lectured about pronouns, statues, trans athletes in girls’ sports, “Latinx,” and how every traditional value they hold makes them terrible people.
We didn’t lose them to Trump.
We pushed them away.
And Trump just opened the door and said, “Come on in — I’ll at least talk about your problems.”
If we want them back (and we have to get them back if we ever want to win again), we start by changing what we lead with.
Instead of the three issues that fire up maybe 100 hardcore activists (trans athletes, the exact manner of deportations, what Israel does 6,000 miles away), we lead with the three issues that decide elections for 100 million normal people:
- Can you afford rent and groceries?
- Can your kids ever buy a house?
- Is the country you’re proud of still going to be here for your grandkids?
That’s it. That’s the whole game.
We need to stop handing the GOP free turnout every time we have a meltdown over a niche issue.
I’m here for it.
Here is a trending issue that is blatant rage bait put out there by Trump that I have a feeling no one on the left will be able to resist. Cancellation of Martin Luther King day and Juneteenth.
People need to understand that he doesn't care and his followers don't necessarily agree he's doing this just to see how off the rails the left will go when they read it and that will forever win an election because ignoring him is the only weapon against him when it doesn't hurt people and this doesn't hurt people it just makes us look bad until we get back in and change it back. Strategy over emotion.
And I know this seems radical but how about we have a political party that asks the people what they need and then reacts instead of the other way around.
This leaves me speechless.Nothing new to add! Move to center? Won’t do it…
If raping little girls,overt racism and misogyny is accepted by voters and those same voters want Trump, it’s time to move to Canada! Or, if we could get the people who don’t vote to care enough to vote and win back the country maybe that could do it…how do you target non voters? Will they vote their pocketbook? Follow like sheep? It is worrisome that so many citizens re tolerant of such despicable behavior! I just don’t know if we will recover…keeping hope alive! But worried!
Also. Assembly woman
I love you for still having hope — because most people have already checked out.
But I’m not asking you to “move to the center” or compromise on rape, racism, or misogyny.
I’m asking you to believe something much simpler:
The majority of Trump voters are NOT pro-rape, pro-racism, or pro-misogyny.
They’re just normal working-class people — Black, Latino, white, Asian — who are drowning in rent, groceries, and the feeling that nobody in power gives a damn about them.
They didn’t vote FOR those ugly things.
They voted AGAINST being scolded for ten straight years by people who never asked them how life actually feels.
We don’t have to become conservatives.
We just have to stop sounding like we hate the people we claim to be fighting for.
If we lead with:
- Can you pay your bills?
- Can your kids ever own a home?
- Are we still going to have a country in twenty years?
…those same voters will listen again.
And we win in landslides.
I’m not giving up on the left.
I’m trying to save it — the way FDR and LBJ saved it — by putting working people first and culture-war lectures last.
I’m here every day building that version.
Come build it with me.
We’re going to win again, and it’s going to feel so much better than moving to Canada. 🤍
Thank you, Ryan! I’m not going anywhere, e cause I still have hope! I am not sure who the Trump supporters are anymore. When the Pope came out enraged at the treatment of immigrants and citizens by ICE, I assumed most in the Roman Catholic Church would stand with him. Not the case…sadly! The majority of church members still believe in Trump, so I am truly disappointed in the white population for the attitude. Fearful for their position since they are also aware he raped a 13 year old in 1994. “God will judge him” was the response I got from over 20 people I know in the LI church. Frightening. So Ryan, I fear the racism still exists. There must be a stronger message of love, kindness and equality.
They're absolutely is a stronger message but it does matter when you say it and how you say it and where you say it and what you say with it and I don't think anyone on any range of people from Center to left what events bad an eye at any movements far left so long as they're planned well, the campaigning on them, is something where you need to make sure it speaks to the people that were lost. I would love to see a politician come out and run a campaign that's not backed by a corporation or Lobby Because the Internet platforms exist to do it and that would bring a representative message that hits both sides
I have been retired for a long time and believe in term limits and the end of Citizens United. We need legislators who are public servants,not career politicians who build up their war chests from special interest groups to whom they are beholden. I am not naive enough to think this will happen in my lifetime, but I was proud to wear the title given to me by Paul Townsend,May he rest in peace, of citizen legislator. This is what our founding fathers wanted. Clearly, major reform is needed. It’s not coming from the current system and people must be brought in and educated to make changes. Apathy is rampant, and we need more people voting for THEIR OWN GOOD, which may end up being matters of the purse.
I think this post is for everyone who read this article and is wondering what they should be pushing https://open.substack.com/pub/rxansmith/p/andrew-yang-2028-presidential-run?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5xf1q5
Just recently at state of union address. Hakeem tells reps to be silent! Good on Ilan Omar screaming at him and Rashida. Then there were two separate protests by capital. We need to stop agonizing and start organizing! And unite in some kind of cohesiveness.
I do love your frankness at calling out the Dems! You are 💯correct and it’s why Independents are becoming much more important!
I do hope you will write one on the Republicans as well? Lord knows they have their own “Outrage”.
It was the failures of both Parties that got us into this situation. And it’s the American Citizens who failed in their duties as Citizens to pay attention to what their elected representatives were doing!
WE ALL HAVE BLAME SO INSTEAD OF LOOKING OUTWARD FOR A SCAPEGOAT, WE NEED TO LOOK INWARD AT OUR OWN PART IN THIS MESS! Thanks for a great read!!
Absolutely that is coming tomorrow morning on the right, and how they've allowed one man's stance to become their values. Every single thing that I have discussed with Republicans for my entire adult life from states rights , to fiscal responsibility, to smaller government... What happened to all these values? It's more of that disease that this country has where they decided that we will look at politics like they were some type of religion or sports team. Mainly I am trying to perform something that makes people wake up as far as an internal audit and it truly is the citizens that have failed. The way that we react to everything is just not practical. So for those who value a country moving forward, and look at themselves as progressive, we've shown an amazing loyalty to making no progress.
I think media is the main character in this story. Common denominator. They have been profiting the most from both Parties pay-for-play propaganda.
Fox took up the mantle for the Christian Conservatives in the early 80s.CNN did the same with elite liberals. While the clash of the 2 opposing views was entertaining, it was also extremely divisive. Made for good ratings and also why they started the 24/7 news cycle.
It’s always all about the money.
Republicans are like the dog who chases cars. When they actually catch it, they don’t know what to do with it. Reps want more than anything to be in control of the masses. But they are terrible at governing! They get drunk
And MSNBC you got so good playing the fox news game... they had to change their name. I've talked about eliminating the profit motive from news because obviously people can't be responsible. I'm working on a piece that basically says once the OJ trial showed the news media that you could have profit by invoking polarizing emotion, they decided to polarize everything and acted in the literal most unethical way a journalist could act. Forget objective, let's actually spin it for do anything but the objective and create another category altogether... Disingenuous subjectivity
I’m hj
I can’t believe both Parties have done nothing to check media and demand they stick to facts. But when both are profiting from the lies, of course they let it continue. The solutions are simple, it’s getting it done that’s so hard! Everyone but the politicians want term limits so no one will put forth a bill! That right there says they are not working for US.✌️🇺🇸
Tried to take other daily posts of some people and two fact checks on them so they at least expose the spin and what they left out as far as context . I get scream that in the comment section.
OJ Simpson phenomenon. The polarization over an issue that actually doesn't really touch anyone ... that's the kind of psychological data that greedy for Relentless corporations exploit and since then we've seen Fox News get created, CNN an MSNBC eventually follow suit... Profit in outrage coupled with being certain that you have the moral High Ground because the other people are so stupid... I have flat out ask people in the interviews if they've ever had to rethink their political stance because of facts being presented and ended up being learning that they were very wrong about what they thought and they all say no and none of them see a problem with that and when I asked what do you think the chances are that if you pick one side it's going to be right on everything they don't understand what I'm implying with that question.
I know exactly what you’re saying! Most people are voting based on their parents and grandparents. They get in the booth and just vote R or D because they are too lazy to do their homework to see if that candidate even has the values the voter is aligned with. I have been guilty of it myself. But I admit it and am ashamed of it.
This is what comes from looking inward instead of pointing fingers outward. I do my best to be armed with knowledge before I step in the booth! ✌️🇺🇸
You sound like a “self hating” commie!!! Come in from the cold.
Man I really hate talking points that people repeat and the echo chamber that it fosters but I'll bite one time.
Self-hating commie? No. I understand what communionism is and I doubt you do and I didn't say one thing that's communist leaning let alone communist. If taking the intellectual High ground and criticizing a party with within is called communism I would love to hear your definition of democracy.
I'm just a guy who’s tired of watching the same people who claim to hate capitalism cash $400k book advances for explaining why we keep losing to it.
I’m not coming in from the cold. I’m trying to drag the rest of the left out of the freezer before we all die of hypothermia. And I'm always ahead on issues so this will be the narrative you hear in the coming months leading up to 2026 elections. You'll see the entire party move Center because I never predict things that don't happen in the future.
You’re welcome to keep cheering while we fix our own house.
We’ll send you the bill in 2026.