To the editor:
While the national debate about the top of the Democratic ticket in November is sucking so much oxygen out of our political room, it is easy to forget that there is more than one way to make sure the MAGA agenda does not have a chance to spread its intolerance and injustice across our great nation.
If we can make sure that we elect Democratic majorities to Congress and our state legislatures, then Project 2025 priorities such as gutting our public education system, destroying our commitment to averting a climate catastrophe, privatizing Social Security and Medicare, appointing ideologues to the Supreme Court, and abandoning our important international defense alliances, have little chance of becoming the law of the land.
Our Massachusetts legislative delegation and state legislature remains committed to maintaining the rights and privileges so many groups have worked for over many generations. But candidates in other states—in swing districts in New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and North Carolina to name a few—need our help to mobilize local voters and ultimately protect our democracy. I urge readers to call your friends in these states. Make social media posts they will read and understand. Join in with mail and phone-banking efforts such as the Rural Freedom Network. Let’s spread the word to keep our country on the right track.
Ross Jacobs
Chair of the North Adams Democratic City Committee
North Adams
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