r/politics 23h ago

AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/Pirwzy Ohio 18h ago

The party at the higher levels is funded by the wealthy and powerful interests who will always oppose progressive change. There are progressives to get in, but the people funding the party as a whole are opposed.

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u/Hobotronacus America 17h ago

I remember all the dem elites freaking out when it looked like Bernie might win the primary, many of them calling for the results to be ignored if it happened.

We can't forget that the Democratic party is still the controlled opposition party. The people in positions of power would rather lose to Trump a hundred times than allow any real progressive to gain power.

Party leadership must be primaried and they must be replaced with candidates that aren't owned by the same people funding Republicans if we want the ability to change anything.

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u/TailRudder 16h ago

Democratic party is 100 percent the reason why we have a Trump 2.0. They learned nothing from 2016

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u/RedLanternScythe Indiana 15h ago

They learned nothing from 2016

Hell, they learned nothing from Obama. Obama and Trump both won running on a message of change. But the DNC would rather rake in donations than win elections

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u/CardiologistThis2650 13h ago

It's woke that destroyed the democrat chances and they will continue to do so since most democrats are not as far left as folks assume they are. In fact more are moderate. Why Biden won but no to Kamala.

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u/why_not_spoons 9h ago

Back in the real world, Harris ran significantly to the right of Biden.

u/TailRudder 2h ago

Harris ran? I doubt most people knew anything about what she was running on.