I would argue that’s a gross over-simplification, and put forward the members of The Squad, Mamdami and the above-mentioned Minneapolis candidate winning their respect primaries as proof.
Of course, the monied interests who have established a hold on the Dem party will fight dirty to try and oppose - but this should be expected from any opponent, because if they didn’t - the Reps would definitely do so.
It actually can even work in their favour politically if they can weather the storm early, as the impact of counter-messaging gets blunted over time.
You just need to remember it’s always going to be a battle of four boxes; the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
I would argue that’s a gross over-simplification, and put forward the members of The Squad, Mamdami and the above-mentioned Minneapolis candidate winning their respect primaries as proof.
And I’ll counter with squad members Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush, who the party didn’t protect, even though it “protects incumbents” when they’re shitheels like Coathanger Cuellar. The party is still trying to ratfuck Mamdani and Fateh.
Of course, the monied interests who have established a hold on the Dem party will fight dirty to try and oppose - but this should be expected from any opponent, because if they didn’t - the Reps would definitely do so.
Loving the double standard here. Progressives are obligated to shut the fuck up and pretend they love genocide as much as every last centrist always has and always will, but when a progressive wins their primary, centrists go from “no matter who” back to “party unity my ass.” The party is doing republicans’ work for them, and gladly. They prefer republicans to progressives. All centrists do.
Except the “lesser” evil party doesn’t hold honest primaries, if they bother to hold them at all.
I’ve got a bunch of people I know who told me “I voted for Trump during the primary in order to sabotage the Republicans”.
When I asked why they didn’t just back a stronger Democrat, most thought Dems already had their person picked out so their primary vote didn’t matter.
Kind of horrifying that this is the state of the “pro-Democracy” party’s internal selection process.
I would argue that’s a gross over-simplification, and put forward the members of The Squad, Mamdami and the above-mentioned Minneapolis candidate winning their respect primaries as proof.
Of course, the monied interests who have established a hold on the Dem party will fight dirty to try and oppose - but this should be expected from any opponent, because if they didn’t - the Reps would definitely do so.
It actually can even work in their favour politically if they can weather the storm early, as the impact of counter-messaging gets blunted over time.
You just need to remember it’s always going to be a battle of four boxes; the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
And I’ll counter with squad members Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush, who the party didn’t protect, even though it “protects incumbents” when they’re shitheels like Coathanger Cuellar. The party is still trying to ratfuck Mamdani and Fateh.
Loving the double standard here. Progressives are obligated to shut the fuck up and pretend they love genocide as much as every last centrist always has and always will, but when a progressive wins their primary, centrists go from “no matter who” back to “party unity my ass.” The party is doing republicans’ work for them, and gladly. They prefer republicans to progressives. All centrists do.
That’s a cool line. But when you see who liberal Dems are battling in favor of…