I've been flip-flopping on this. Before this latest election, I was of the opinion that the more people out there, the more likely that Democrats would take it. But after this latest election, that doesn't seem to be the case in some areas. I think I may be on the same train you're on at the moment. Still unsure, though.And we still lost Senate seats.
So here's what you need to come to grips with-
Sens. Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Claire McCaskill of Missouri all lost their seats to Republicans who campaigned as Trump allies. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), is hanging to hopes of a recount turning things around.
What do you tell the racists of Indiana, North Dakota, Missouri, and Florida to get those seats back that hasn't been already said a million times on network television, Twitter, ERA, Huffington Post, etc. Because here's the thing: those seats are gone for the next SIX YEARS. What do you tell them to get their votes in 2020 to win the presidency?
Because quite frankly, progressives don't have the votes ourselves. It was proven that through all our yelling and screaming and protesting and people getting killed in streets of Charlottesville and the bombs sent out to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, etc that there was no blue wave. You're going to have to reach across the aisle and get some racists to come and vote for our agenda. And if all that takes is not to call them racist, is that worth proper health care, proper gun control, etc.
The bottom line is this: If we're going take back the Senate and the Presidency, we're going to need the vote of racists. The 2016 Donald Trump election and the 2018 Senate losses have all proven that much. Otherwise, where are you getting the votes from Slayven?
EDIT:
It definitely is waving away racism, but I don't find it that crazy in the sense that his end goal is getting more votes for the Democratic party and putting more progressive people in positions of power.But you still have people excusing his behavior and wanting him to run.... and this is a fucking crazy comment waving away racism.