Deporting the Haitian immigrants demonized by Trump, who have temporary protected status, was also overwhelmingly opposed, 62 to 21 percent. So standing up for those folks and pushing back, as Springfield’s Republican mayor did, was broadly popular as well as morally righteous. If the Harris campaign had been anywhere near as competent as its top operatives believed, they would have focused on this disconnect like Luke Skywalker on the Death Star.
That missed opportunity could have rescued the Democrats this year, but only temporarily, given the global trends and underlying forces I explored in my previous article on the Harris defeat. I bring that up here to make clear that even in our current perilous state progressives can find multiple paths forward, with enough fearlessness and determination.
