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AOC says Democrats need to elect 'brawlers' to defeat GOP
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I want AOC, Warren, Jasmine Crockett, and Buttigeg. They have been the only politicians in rank that I've felt have been representing. And Walz, too.
Don't forget Bernie, he's been going around the country holding how to fight the oligarchy rallies
Yeah 😢 It's sad that an 83 year old is one of our strongest fighters. I believe he is also not seeking reelection.
No. He's been holding "please fight the oligarchy" rallies while saying little to nothing on how.
From what I've read, he's being pretty clear about primarying moderate "Democrats" and voting out Republicans.
Yes, which is... Not helpful. If that worked on its own America wouldn't be here. There are massive obstacles all over that he's just ignoring, and it's that part of the equation that I'd call the "how"; voting people you like into office is just the victory lap.
I mean, I'm not sure what else you expect him to say.
I don't expect him to say anything. Don't get me wrong the problem isn't so much Bernie himself as it is progressives' worship of Bernie as the new messiah of progressivism, though he's not doing nearly enough to dispel that illusion. Now what I want him or any other progressive leader with national recognition to say is that the only hope for change will come from the streets and that the people must protest, march, strike, boycott and whatever else they can do until their demands are met. Again I'm not expecting Bernie to say this, but a time where America needs geese Americans must be willing to call a duck a duck and accept that no matter how much they squint a duck will never be a goose. This is necessary before you can search for the geese you need.
Looking at Bernie's history, I don't think there's any way he would disagree with you.
Maybe, but many of Bernie's supporters do disagree with me, so this is something that needs to be said.
Incidentally, he and AOC having this roadshow that's traveling to red areas in particular is in part doing that job of tearing down obstacles all over. He's not lazily telling other people to do it, he's just doing it and showing how.
I hope they keep the full-court press going for the entire election cycle. I think it'll be most powerful during the primary campaign when they've put in the work leading up to it; and since their votes in Washington aren't super effective most of the time, I think this is probably the best use of their time.
At the rate America is going primaries won't matter because elections won't matter. If you think Trump won't have significantly curtailed democracy in America by the midterms you need to take a look at the news for once. The most important obstacles to taking down the oligarchy are Trump's wannabe authoritarian regime and the entrenched political establishment, and Bernie's tour is doing nothing to address the former and very little to address the latter in a reasonable timescale.
Elizabeth Warren talks a big game, but she shrivels under pressure. I'd love her if she were half the person she claims to be.
Honestly, I'll take that any day of the week. It's far better than someone like Newsom who is actively courting right wing figureheads so he can agree with them about how bad progressives are.
The party would be so much better if we could get rid of the members that hate progressives.
I would like for them to split off from the party and start a new movement dedicated to fighting for the people. They have the influence to start a way stronger 3rd party than modern is politics has ever seen.
At bare minimum, they should band together as a new sect of the Democratic Party and establish that their ring of the party advocates for people instead of oligarchs.
They need to do a progressive takeover of the democratic party. Just like how the MAGA extremists took over the republic party
Then you'll have GOP for decades as the non-GOP vote splits between parties.
The US is solidly a two party system and you need to work within it.
Exactly this. When the GOP had similar problems, they sparked the "Tea Party" that ended up taking over the party.
We need a "Guillotine Party" to do the same for the Democrats.
lol I still would rather they just start a third party, but maybe I could get behind Guillotine Democrats
The "tea party" was never a third party. They were a faction of the republican party.
Correct. Which is how they avoided the spoiler effect.
I agree with this. The time to split is now.