The same centrist platitudes we see from the DNC and figures like Gavin Newsom is poor messaging, and it has even been cited as a contributing factor to the 2024 election loss. Democrat messaging is out of touch with a large faction of its base, and it continues to allow for complacency and empty political rhetoric. 

Boston University Professor Nathan Phillips stood at the base of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue at Marsh Plaza Wednesday morning holding a cardboard sign protesting the Trump administration.