What people voted against had little or nothing to do with the Democrats and their plans for the United States.
here is the 2024 democratic platform:
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FINAL-MASTER-PLATFORM.pdf
Chapter Six: Strengthening Democracy, Protecting Freedoms, & Advancing Equity 47
Judges 48
Voting Rights49
Stopping The Influence Of Special Interests 50 Reproductive Freedom 50
Women’s Rights 52
Racial Equity 54
Lgbtqi+ 58
Disability 60
Tribal Nations 61
Combating Hate & Protecting Freedom Of Religion 62 Freedom Of The Press 64
Arts & Humanities 64
D.C., Puerto Rico, Territories 65
Out of more than 92 detailed pages and plans that layout economic, healthcare, border security, etc.
73 pages give a blue print on some of our most pressing challenges that have nothing to do with "DEI."
In fact, the words "DEI" were not used in the document.
19 pages that include
Judges 48
Voting Rights 49
Stopping The Influence Of Special Interests 50
Combating Hate & Protecting Freedom Of Religion 62 Freedom Of The Press 64
Arts & Humanities 64
leaving these issues as noteworthy in the United States:
Reproductive Freedom 50
Women’s Rights 52
Racial Equity 54
Lgbtqi+ 58
Disability 60
Tribal Nations 61
D.C., Puerto Rico, Territories 65
To suggest that we cannot discuss the coming challenges that for beginning this year, the baby boom begins to turn 80. And for the next 20 years they will sunset. It is forecast that 35 %- 50% of those people will end their life with dementia or another expensive, high care, high touch needs. For the next 20 years this population sunsets.
The incoming kindergarten class of 2019 was majority Black / brown.
What people are really complaning about is having to call their child or their cousin something that they are uncomfortable with.
That this aspersion that the "democrats talk too much about DEI," in light of the many years that political parties spent a lot of time ensuring that there was unequal access.
Note that it isn't said "the GOP blames too much on DEI." This has been something with which they've been consumed for a long time. The Willie Horton ad. The Jesse Helms hands ad.
I don't believe these people are interested in more than causing them pain for having to learn US history.
I'm tired of being told that if I didn't advocate for my rights then maybe they'd vote for our much more effective public policies.
Right now they are destoying any health data that has the word "female" in it. The amount of wilding that is happening and we knew would happen says that the over response to discussing our US history and how we move forward providing equal opportunity and access to everyone (that's what DEI is).
At least lets not pretend that this group of voters cares about qualifications, etc.
