Now that Ted Cruz and John Kasich have dropped out, it looks almost certain that Donald Trump will accept the Republican Party's presidential nomination in Cleveland this July.
So there's been a lot of talk over the past few days about how Democrats and independents must do everything we can to defeat Trump in November. And we must! Because a President Trump would be a catastrophe.
But it's not enough to just be against Donald Trump. We also need to be for a bold platform.
Every vote we earn, delegate we claim, and state we win between now and the convention amplifies that message exponentially. And that's why it's important that I ask:
The Democratic Party is the party that passed the Social Security Act, a 40 hour work week and the minimum wage, Medicare, the Civil Rights Act and much more. Surely we can aspire to more than simply convincing enough Americans that a reality television star should never be our president.
This moment in our history calls for transformational change. And with Donald Trump as the Republican Party's nominee, it is within our grasp. But only if we're willing to reach just a bit further than the establishment says is possible.
In solidarity
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