I do agree with Scott and OP that we need people that can be trusted at the local level. If you decide to give up then of course things will never change. Once things are secured at the local level, federal level will be a lot smoother.
As we saw in the past couple months, states have much more power than both the federal government and Supreme Court. Trump tried to pressure state legislatures to do the right thing but ultimately they either refused or sat on their hands too long to take any meaningful action.
I also feel many people are making a very big mistake dismissing Scott's efforts just because there was severe election fraud this time around. People only seem to focus on the highly visible positions like president and governor. Even positions you didn't think were important actually are. Winning mayor means you have influence over cops. Don't like the current lockdown restrictions? As mayor, tell the local police commissioner/sheriff to put up appearances of enforcing it but actually disregard most of it instead.
One thing you'll notice about Democrats, they will keep trying and persisting on seemingly lost causes. Colorado and New Mexico used to be red before. So many missed opportunities in places like New Jersey that the Republicans decided it wasn't worth the time or money.
I do agree with Scott and OP that we need people that can be trusted at the local level. If you decide to give up then of course things will never change. Once things are secured at the local level, federal level will be a lot smoother.
As we saw in the past couple months, states have much more power than both the federal government and Supreme Court. Trump tried to pressure state legislatures to do the right thing but ultimately they either refused or sat on their hands too long to take any meaningful action.
I also feel many people are making a very big mistake dismissing Scott's efforts just because there was severe election fraud this time around. People only seem to focus on the highly visible positions like president and governor. Even positions you didn't think were important actually are. Winning mayor means you have influence over cops. Don't like the current lockdown restrictions? As mayor, tell the local police commissioner/sheriff to put up appearances of enforcing it but actually disregard most of it instead.
One thing you'll notice about Democrats, they will keep trying and persisting on seemingly lost causes. Colorado and New Mexico used to be red before. So many missed opportunities in places like New Jersey that the Republicans decided it wasn't worth the time or money.