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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 week ago

Also missing this one

[-] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago
[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 82 points 1 week ago

I just looked her up on Wikipedia. It seems she secured the nomination without being contested. Idk, feels like as progressives we should take some responsibility if no one even ran against her. Giving up isn't virtuous

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 40 points 1 week ago

Yeah, this is why I've been telling "leftists" that giving up on the system entirely is a terrible idea and that encouraging others to do so is asinine.

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[-] tburkhol@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 week ago

Lemmings outside VA may not know that Spanberger is a Democrat.

[-] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Meanwhile Republicans are angry at her for gun control, minimum wage increase, and comprehensive paid family and medical leave.

[-] Pimp_C@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Face it my fellow lefties, we got played by 2 deep cover republican agents, her and the jackass from Pennsylvania, fetterman, totally republican plants, wake up.

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure how any leftist looked at Spanberger and thought she was anything but a corporate centrist. Still better than the alternative but that doesn't say much.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The executioner with empathy, a well honed blade, a strong arm, and excellent aim is better than a cross-eyed executioner who enjoys inflicting pain with a dull axe.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Fetterman has brain damage. That should have been the clue.

[-] BrickEater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That's not an excuse, everyone from his state is saying he was an asshole beforehand

[-] paultimate14@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The opposite actually. His first year-and-a-half, maybe two years as a senator, his voting record was fine. He wasn't super radical, but if you look up voting record scores he was one of the more left-leaning senators until the end of his 2nd year.

The stroke happened before he took office. Aa fun as it is to joke about conservatism being caused by brain damage, it just doesn't line uo with the facts for Fetterman.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

There is definite line with Fetterman before and after his stroke. There is no doubt in my mind that that is what happened to him.

[-] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 10 points 1 week ago

It was ridiculous when they put her name and Mikie Sherrill alongside Mamdani after their victories.

[-] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

Keeping voting for those status quo centrists though..

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I didn't vote for her in the primary. What were we supposed to do, let that crazy piece of shit Winsome win?

[-] LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Abigail Nothingberger

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Goddamit. VA only just got on its feet with cannabis laws that weren't completely terrible. How did they screw it up this time?

[-] hark@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

At least we ran over the correct people with the trolley.

this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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