{"id":111846,"date":"2022-05-03T14:39:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T20:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111846"},"modified":"2022-05-03T14:40:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T20:40:06","slug":"heading-towards-the-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111846","title":{"rendered":"Heading Towards the Midterm Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111846\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111846\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111847 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1_gCwh5Uof8bQekmLTm-_rxw-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1_gCwh5Uof8bQekmLTm-_rxw-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1_gCwh5Uof8bQekmLTm-_rxw.png 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Rachael Drew-Kinuthia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the months roll along, we find ourselves facing the midterm elections before we know it. Now is a time to see the work put into some tangible results that touch everyday people&#8217;s lives. Then Democrats can go to the polls in November with their heads held high. As so many issues hang over most Americans\u2019 minds, Democrats can\u2019t afford to lose a single Senate seat and are at risk of losing the House in November. Summing up her role in the Democratic Party at the moment, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D-Mass.) said: \u201cMy job right now is to light the fire of urgency. We can&#8217;t waste a single day.\u201d In tandem with Congress, she also wants President Joe Biden to cancel student loan debt, raise overtime pay, and use executive actions to bring down drug prices. With the evenly divided Senate struggling to pass a $10 billion coronavirus bill, Warren is pitching her revitalized agenda as a vital antidote to conservative framing of the election.<br \/>\nEconomically struggling Americans \u201ccreates an urgency that Democrats need to respond to. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re here.\u201d Warren said. \u201cWe&#8217;re here to make a real difference in the lives of people who need us.\u201d Democrats already passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief law, a $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure law, a government funding law, postal reforms, confirmed a new Supreme Court justice, and are on the verge of clinching a competition and manufacturing bill. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) wants the Senate to focus on lowering meat and prescription drug prices. \u201cThe inflation thing is really difficult because people will assume it\u2019s Biden\u2019s fault or our fault. When in fact the pandemic is causing more of this than anything else. And Ukraine is not helping,\u201d he said, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to figure out things that we can do that we can tout.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats see a real risk of disappointing voters if they don&#8217;t take more action after running on a sweeping anti-corruption bill, federal elections reform, beefing up social spending programs, and reversing the Trump tax cuts. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said that generally, \u201cI definitely think that over-promising and under-delivering is not an effective strategy. What I would be doing is reversing the Trump tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and extending the Child Tax Credit that expired in January,\u201d said Bennet, who is up for reelection this fall. \u201cThat would help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has advocated that Chuck Schumer (D-NY) put popular pieces of the defunct \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d on the floor and dare Republicans and Manchin to block them, a strategy the Democratic leader has declined to embrace. Warren isn\u2019t exactly pitching that, but she said there could be some utility to creating contrasts between the two parties. This sets up a complicated dynamic for Senate Majority Leader Schumer as he navigates the tension between multiple ambitious members&#8217; visions. As Biden is asking for more money for military aid for Ukraine, there\u2019s bipartisan handwringing over Biden\u2019s border policies, and Democrats are still itching to confront rising prices. There are also plenty of nominees Biden still wants confirmed while Democrats control the Senate, and there is a decreasing window of floor time.<\/p>\n<p>There exists a dilemma as to what should be put on the floor that gets the most bang for the buck. For all the worry over Americans\u2019 dissatisfaction and how it translates at the polls during midterms, there is the real possibility of President Biden support in strong numbers, which is worthy of serious consideration. Readers who don\u2019t recall the following could do a search for \u201cJoe Biden and 2020 Iowa caucus\u201d and \u201c2020 New Hampshire primary,\u201d where words such as \u201chumiliating\u201d and \u201cdisaster\u201d were widely used. You may recall Biden\u2019s candidacy for president was pronounced dead and buried by almost all political analysts. Then do a search for \u201cBiden South Carolina primary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I remember it vividly and I was keeping a pulse on it through family and friends across the states. It gave me a sense that Black voters were mobilizing. Biden&#8217;s win was deemed a major victory, as he won all forty-six counties in the state of South Carolina. The win was largely attributed to his support from 61% of African-American voters. It is worth noting that African-American voters make up approximately 60% of the Democratic electorate in South Carolina. Primary voters mostly said that they made their decision after Clyburn&#8217;s endorsement, and they didn\u2019t feel they were even on other candidates\u2019 radar as a Black citizen. When they voted for Biden, the outcome significantly boosted Biden&#8217;s chance of winning multiple Super Tuesday states especially southern states like North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Trump divided, criticized, and ripped apart the nation in most Black voters\u2019 opinion. I have spoken with many and myself would agree that Biden has made efforts in a significantly abbreviated time to unify, strengthen, and lift alliances up. There is a lot on his plate, but it will bode well for him and Democrats not to forget us as Black voters in the plans for moving forward together. Biden\u2019s administration will try, and we know it won\u2019t be perfect, but we can\u2019t let up our pressure on them. Surely, Democrats will pass some new economic initiatives before the midterms. Biden will execute some important executive orders giving Biden and Democrats a compelling case to take to an American people facing economic trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Economic solutions, progress towards equity and equality, combatting coronavirus, climate change, caring for our seniors and the list goes on and on of what we\u2019re needing. We need to give Democrats an opportunity to get more work done and implement solutions. We know having more Republicans in office will mean obstructionists and more courting of white supremacists and homophobes. Even President Biden wondered what the party is interested in other than defeating his presidency. Biden added: &#8220;Name me one thing they&#8217;re for.&#8221; Yes, we voters all need to remember this when getting ready for the midterms.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rachael Drew-Kinuthia As the months roll along, we find ourselves facing the midterm elections before we know it. Now is a time to see the work put into some tangible results that touch everyday people&#8217;s lives. Then Democrats can go to the polls in November with their heads held high. 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