Democrats need to talk to the nation, not just to Democrats.

[Cirsium]

9. It is

It is "us versus them." That wasn't our doing. It was foisted on us. We had no choice. It is time we fight, not to "pull together"

Barack Obama's Inspiring 2004 Democratic Convention Speech

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Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America.

The pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we’ve got some gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq.

https://www.thoughtco.com/obama-speech-2004-democratic-convention-3325333

That is pretty inspiring. But what was the response from the other side? Bigotry and cruelty, corruption and lawlessness. They would rather destroy the country than share it.

We reach across the aisle, they cut our arm off. No more.