@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 1 year agoA Longtime Political Organizer in AOC’s District Says She’s the Real Dealwww.thenation.commessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1136file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThere is no way the Democratic Party would let her win the primaries.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThat is currently true. However, 2028 is a trump presidency and an insurrection away from now so things could change.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoShe needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable. That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThe party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoProgressives need to be so infested in the party that you can’t do that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIt’s neat how even centrists’ opposition to progressives is progressives’ fault.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year agoWhat, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? I’m not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year ago What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.
There is no way the Democratic Party would let her win the primaries.
That is currently true. However, 2028 is a trump presidency and an insurrection away from now so things could change.
She needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable.
That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.
The party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.
Progressives need to be so infested in the party that you can’t do that.
It’s neat how even centrists’ opposition to progressives is progressives’ fault.
What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap?
I’m not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on.
Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.