• TimboSlice@discuss.online
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    Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), however, has been among the most dismissive about these recent victories, warning of the rise of the “dirtbag left” within the party. He told Fox News on Saturday that it signifies a growing shift for the party.

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    They won’t. Progressives need to motivate voters to have the old guard outvoted. Just need to give them a reason to show up.

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      Progressives are already motivated to vote them out. I think awareness of socialist candidates will work as long as Israel doesn’t post another goddam Hilary Clinton somewhere.

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    The new guard is just as eager to grift. Just look at George Santos.

    Edit: yes I know he is a Republican and not a Democrat. Same difference.

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      Wasn’t he a republican? And also a convicted felon.

      I don’t think he has anything to do with the old or new guard in the democratic party, it seems like you’re just trying to argue in bad faith.

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        I am making the argument that just because someone is younger than the current politicians doesn’t meant they are better.

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          Could not agree more. It has become highly fashionable to start parroting a bunch of generational warfare nonsense.

          People like Charlie Kirk and the groypers are definitely not old people. People in the broverse are clearly trying to indoctrinate young men into a lot of patent nonsense, many of these “influencers” are not old people, either.

          People need to be judged on their merits, not the number of times they’ve been around the sun (beyond a certain threshold of being old enough to be running for office).

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      The republican George Santos?

      Maybe you mean cuelar from Texas? He’s a san antonio rep that was in trouble for fraud and was let off by trump and now votes with them on their bs.

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        7 hours ago

        Doesn’t matter if they are Republican or Democrat. Both sides are for the most part captured by corporate interests.

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          Hence the entire new guard of the Democratic party not taking corporate PAC money, and the entire purpose of this post.

          Also, are we really still playing the “both sides” game in $CURRENTYEAR, where one side is openly fascist?