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D.N.C. Takes Step to Void Election of David Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta as Vice Chairs
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Here we go again
Is it someone's turn again already?
They probably have some guys that only have a few months left to live waiting in the wings who will really stick it to Trump.
"The DNC chooses Hillary Clinton to head the DNC and Biden will be her Vice Chair. Look we have a woman! Vote please."
Anyone who was surprised raise your hand.
Progressives have the numbers, I think, so perhaps it's time for a progressive party. Faith in dems has never been lower.
We don't need to convince the old guard. If we can get center members of the party to split off (folks like Buttigeg and Walz) and convince a good chunk of the non-voters to show up, I think it would be doable to supplant the Dems entirely.
We don't actually have the numbers to win. Something like 1/3 of people who vote for Democrats are probably progressives.
What's missing is the the kind of media machine the Republicans have. Without that, any kind of left-of-center message just gets overwhelmed by lies about it.
Something like 1/3 of people who vote for Democrats are probably progressives.
But how many more potential progressives don't vote at all?
There are a lot of people who feel like the government is just going to screw them over no matter who is elected (which is true!) They may not be familiar with the language of academic socialism, but if you start saying it in plain English I think they'll be pretty much on board.
Fighting corruption, making the rich pay their fair share, free healthcare, and fuck landlords are all pretty popular ideas
I agree, but the first and biggest hurdle to that is convincing progressives to stop burying their heads in the sand. That's... uh... good luck, but I'm not hopeful.
It won't matter they will get the results they want to get.
And have no faith in the Democratic party anymore.
Cornell West said it best recently, the Democratic Party is beyond redemption.
The Party of Complicity does not like progressives
Voting for the Duopoly will not end the Duopoly
They were remarkably close to keeping him without an additional election.
An initial resolution from Christine Pelosi, the daughter of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seeking to dismiss the complaint resulted in a tie vote.
Doesn't take much change pushed up from the bottom to change where they're at.
Only if he consented to ending his campaign to primary out establish centrists with progressive candidates.
That's not them being magnanimous, that was an ultimatum.