Blog de Dunlap: “I welcome their hatred”

Danielle,

During Trump's presidential campaign, he talked a big game about helping working people. He spoke to the economic pains that families were feeling. He said that the system is "rigged" every day.

Now that he's president, has he done anything to actually make that problem better? Absolutely not.

What can we do about it? Democrats must earn back the trust of working people to chart a different direction for our country.

And we do that by embracing bold economic policies that will make a real difference in the lives of working people.

For inspiration, I think back to Franklin Roosevelt. When FDR said he would take on corporations and Wall Street, he didn't mince words. He called out the "privileged princes" and "economic royalty" running corporate America. And when the titans of commerce went after him with vicious attacks, he didn't back down. Instead he declared, "I welcome their hatred."

What did we get out of this approach? Social Security. Unemployment insurance. Abolition of child labor. Minimum wage. The right to join a union. Even the very existence of the weekend.

All we need today is that courage. Courage to stand up to billionaire and corporate donors. Courage to make the wealthiest and most powerful people in this country a little uncomfortable. Courage to shake off any instinct to show how eager we are to compromise and stand by a half-baked plan.

I promise you: I am going to do everything in my power to ensure that Democrats make the right choices when it comes to our priorities and our economic policies. And I'm going to fight every day to resist the far-right and billionaire agenda that harms so many people. If you believe in this fight, please pitch in $100 or anything you can so we can succeed in 2026.