As a fan of Bernie, I know the Democratic Party has chosen to freeze out it’s left wing often in the past. But, all the D officers/candidates/etc quoted in the article support Abdul El-Sayed.
Let’s see if they can stomach unity this time, and not preemptively attack them, since they haven’t yet failed Mr. El-Sayed. (Feel free to attack them for actually abandoning progressive candidate that could have or did win in the past.)
If they like winning they will need to unite. Centrists need accept the reasons for their loss. This feels a lot like the Bernie rug pull from 2016. Like they will use the primary wins to grab headlines and momentum then add all the support to the most liberal candidate instead.
I mean, you could make shit up or we could actually check…
Abdul El-Sayed is a dedicated public servant who fought to make government work for Michigan families. Now, he is ready to take that fight to the U.S. Senate.
Congratulations, Abdul! Let’s win this.
The DNC chair who has full control of the party and is accountable to no one…
We’re seeing leadership announce support for Abdul now he’s won, which is undoubtedly a positive, but you can’t deny that for weeks they were throwing all their support for Stevens and concern trolling via CNN and MSNBC that Abdul was less “electable” than Stevens.
We’re seeing leadership announce support for Abdul now he’s won, which is undoubtedly a positive, but you can’t deny that for weeks they were throwing all their support for Stevens and concern trolling via CNN and MSNBC that Abdul was less “electable” than Stevens.
Buddy…
No one in any leadership position should be endorsing anyone in the primary.
If they are, it’s probably lame duck assholes like Schumer and Jefferies. People with zero political power, and are the last vestiges of the old guard until the next congress due to their elections happening just a week or two before the DNC pivoted away from neoliberalism.
The second that happened Jefferies and Schumer lost the ability to withhold funds from any person/state who didn’t do what they said…
That’s the entire reason we keep winning special elections, progressives keep winning primaries, and the party stopped doing their best Smaug impression so they can force a neoliberal thru the presidential primary in 2028. Because they’re not going to try and do that.
They’re trying to get the House/Senate back.
So…
Because of all that, yes, anyone in a leadership position endorsing during a primary is going to be saying something stupid, that’s because the smart and ethical thing to do is not influence primaries, because that destroys the entire point of having a primary.
If you took a second and looked around, you’d see the main problems are already fucking fixed and “the party” is finally on our side again.
ANOTHER Progressive WON? This is FURTHER proof that the ONLY path to Democratic victory is APPEALING to the MAGA votes!
-Democratic Leadership!
As a fan of Bernie, I know the Democratic Party has chosen to freeze out it’s left wing often in the past. But, all the D officers/candidates/etc quoted in the article support Abdul El-Sayed.
Let’s see if they can stomach unity this time, and not preemptively attack them, since they haven’t yet failed Mr. El-Sayed. (Feel free to attack them for actually abandoning progressive candidate that could have or did win in the past.)
If they like winning they will need to unite. Centrists need accept the reasons for their loss. This feels a lot like the Bernie rug pull from 2016. Like they will use the primary wins to grab headlines and momentum then add all the support to the most liberal candidate instead.
They only preach unity around themselves. If they have to show unity with social democrats it’s crickets.
I mean, you could make shit up or we could actually check…
https://x.com/kenmartin73/status/2085012964562641376
We’re seeing leadership announce support for Abdul now he’s won, which is undoubtedly a positive, but you can’t deny that for weeks they were throwing all their support for Stevens and concern trolling via CNN and MSNBC that Abdul was less “electable” than Stevens.
Buddy…
No one in any leadership position should be endorsing anyone in the primary.
If they are, it’s probably lame duck assholes like Schumer and Jefferies. People with zero political power, and are the last vestiges of the old guard until the next congress due to their elections happening just a week or two before the DNC pivoted away from neoliberalism.
The second that happened Jefferies and Schumer lost the ability to withhold funds from any person/state who didn’t do what they said…
That’s the entire reason we keep winning special elections, progressives keep winning primaries, and the party stopped doing their best Smaug impression so they can force a neoliberal thru the presidential primary in 2028. Because they’re not going to try and do that.
They’re trying to get the House/Senate back.
So…
Because of all that, yes, anyone in a leadership position endorsing during a primary is going to be saying something stupid, that’s because the smart and ethical thing to do is not influence primaries, because that destroys the entire point of having a primary.
If you took a second and looked around, you’d see the main problems are already fucking fixed and “the party” is finally on our side again.