Heather Cox Richardson

So a lot of people are really frustrated for a number of reasons, some good, some bad.

That is the Democrats are some of them are speaking up very forcefully.

Others are not.

And they are not doing so because, of course, they're looking at the polls and the things to which future voters are going to be responding.

And they're not wrong.

If you look at the polls, you will see that what people are really concerned about is rising costs, for example, especially in health care, housing and groceries, things that we sort of need.

Right.

So people are frustrated by that.

But at the same time, you do have a number of Democrats speaking out and speaking out forcefully about the future of American democracy.

So I know people are frustrated and there is certainly pressure to be held over Democrats.

But it's also going to be important to call out Republicans.

This is ultimately on them.

They are in control of the White House, the Supreme Court, and the Congress, and they're the ones at whose doorstep this rests.

And a lot of people say, well, what good does it do to call?

You know, they don't do anything.

It does a lot of good to call.

It does a lot of good to put pressure on people at the national level, the state level, and the local level where there are a lot of major changes going on.

But the reason that it's important to demonstrate not just your dislike of the current regime, but your desires for the future, is because quite literally in the United States of America, the Constitution rests on the power of we the people.

Not a religion, not a nation, not the dirt.

It relies on we the people.