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Even if she got past the primaries the US public is so brainwashed that I doubt she'd make it. I'd love it if she did but.. I don't see it.
People keep saying that, but I live in Missouri, where we just voted for a $15 minimum wage, required paid sick leave, and voted down an abortion ban.
Ergo, a red state that just democratically voted in the biggest pieces of Bernie and AOC's politics.
You forget the split ticket in the last election where people who voted down ticket for tRump and republicans only to overwhelmingly vote for AOC. She has the popularity to bridge the divides and unite labor against the wealthy. This tour with Bernie will further cement her popularity with the masses!
It seems Democrats are content to just ignore how Bernie and AOC are filling football stadiums in red states, because MSNBC just repeats that common drumbeat that only centrists are electable.
Looking back, the old guard in the DNC needs to go. They're still reeling from when they last ran a progressive and Nixon took like 48/50 states. I think that explains some of their hesitation. However, those were vastly different times and before Nixon -- and moreover Reagan -- started dismantling the guardrails that helped create the middle-class.