Furious Democrats are pushing “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to primary Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he agreed to vote with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, according to reports.

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[–] 56 points 2 years ago (19 children)

MAGA took over the Republican Party for a reason if the progressives were able to organize their way out of a paper bag they could do it themselves.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    MAGA took over the Republican Party for a reason

    That reason is that the GOP allowed them to. In 2016 the GOP held an extremely competitive primary and actively embraced MAGA as their new path to success, while the DNC decided to make sure a progressive doesn't get the nomination again even at the cost of losing the election.

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  • [+] -32 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    You guys need to get over the whole Bernie thing.

    He didn’t win the primary.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Yes, because the DNC did everything it could to mske sure he didn't win the primary.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    He didn’t win the primary.

    Congratulations on your victory over the only people you're interested in defeating.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    The Democratic Party needs to get it through their thick skulls that the voters who make up the margin of victory do not vote in Democratic primaries.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    A lot of the time they don’t vote in the general either.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They don't vote in the general for a neoliberal.

    There's this consistent condescending assumption that the Democrats have that anybody who refuses to vote for a neoliberal would never vote for any possible Democratic candidate, and it just isn't true.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    But the reason Trump wanted to run against Sanders is because Trump would wipe the floor with him.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If it means shutting out progressives, you will assume that trump is both right and being honest.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    that is true, a small portion dont even vote to avoid jury duty, jury duty is significant enough to affect peoples finances that dont register to vote. JD pays next to nothing for jury duty.

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