Amanda Nelson has become a political powerhouse without really meaning to. After Trump’s second inauguration, she started posting online as Amanda’s Mild Takes, sharing stories from history alongside Trump’s failures and losses. Now, she has almost 2 million fans.
What was so striking, however, was just how many of her perspectives were shared by Red Wine & Blue! Amanda emphasized the importance of local politics and relational organizing — aka talking to our friends and family about politics. She was truly singing from our songbook.
Amanda’s relational organizing is playing out in her Y’all Vote initiative, where she’s recruiting small content creators in the South to share information about voting with their audiences. Whether it’s a small-town bakery posting resources about registration or someone talking to their neighbor in person about the importance of voting, it all comes down to those real authentic connections.
We’re not abandoning our neighbors, whether it’s women in the South, other red states, the suburbs, religious groups, or anyone else. We’re not throwing our hands up or calling any community a lost cause. We’re all Americans, we share so many values, and it’s only by working together that we can create a better nation.
I keep telling people on other Substack feeds you need to vote and vote blue up and down the ticket from Senator and Governor all the way down to your Mayor, Council and even dog catcher. Tomorrows AOC can come from anywhere; it could even be Amanda Nelson.
Love her ✌🏻💙🇺🇸