Obama: You lose people with snappy slogans like "defund the police."
Me: Firstly, Yes We Can, Hope, and Change are slogans. You lose people with slogans like that fail to deliver (see also: protect and serve or running progressive and devolving liberal). Defund the Police is a policy demand.
Secondly, https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1334176436320673792?s=19
https://twitter.com/Booker4KY/status/1333965073321250818?s=19
https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1333955011475365888?s=19
https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1333946901868195840?s=19
You create discomfort with snappy policy demands, and making people uncomfortable causes movement and change.
#TFIP #TheFutureIsProgressive
Or, to put it another way by people who are smarter and funnier than me...
Grandparents [in govt], [help or] get out of the way.
See also: Politically Re-Active podcast https://youtu.be/8AOLIEV0HwE