The Partial Observer by Howard Dean
Trump and RFK Jr. May Usher in a Blue Tsunami
Democrats didn't just experience a "blue wave" in November's off-year elections—we saw a "blue tsunami." Across the country, Democrats won elections that many experts expected to be close—from gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia to smaller local races in purple counties—in landslide victories.
One issue stood out as a quiet but powerful driver of those victories: vaccines.
Since Donald Trump returned to office, he and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have injected chaos and confusion into America's vaccine system—and in doing so, handed Democrats a winning political issue.
That reality should be front of mind for Democrats as we head toward the midterms.
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