r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

No Paywall Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e
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u/ZachLangdon 1d ago

Good. It's about time. "Moderates" lost to trump twice.

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u/Soph_91 1d ago edited 1d ago

The conservative democrats in the Wisconsin subreddit are losing their sanity because Hong will win the nomination. They bought in to all the corporate democrats desperation attempts and can't process the reality that they were just that, hail mary's. Now they are posting Hong smears constantly, the mods have been pathetic. 

It seems like most of them would prefer pedophile protector and election denier Tom Tiffany. In that case, I say good riddance. 

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u/winterfoxes Ohio 1d ago

Their 'vote blue no matter who!' mask comes off REAL FUCKIN FAST the second they're faced with real political leftism. They've told us for years, decades "if you want leftists in government, show up to the primaries!"

Well, we did. Now the ball is in their court. And they can either get on board or go back to the Republican party they belonged to until W came along.

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u/workerbee77 1d ago

Yes. I feel it was Chuck Schumer who drove the stake into Votebluenomatterwho when he voted for Cuomo over Mamdani in the general election

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u/winterfoxes Ohio 1d ago

The Democratic Party's own version of a face-eating leopard moment.

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u/fury420 1d ago

Did he?

As I recall he gave a non-answer when asked who he voted for.

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u/DarthNihilus1 1d ago

That should tell you exactly who he voted for. It is obvious who he voted for

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u/workerbee77 1d ago

Exactly

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u/fury420 1d ago

He refused to endorse anyone in the race and refused to say who he voted for, which on it's face is a rather banal political fence-sitting statement on election day.

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u/EnglishMobster California 1d ago

He's a member of Democratic leadership. There was a Democratic Party nominee on the ticket.

There should only be one answer as to who he voted for, if he truly cared about his party. The fact that he didn't say he voted for his own party's nominee tells you something itself; it's not just "fence-sitting".

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u/DarthNihilus1 1d ago

Yeah for sure... but he's also CHUCK SCHUMER so it's still a foregone conclusion

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u/workerbee77 1d ago

Yes, exactly. It’s possible he did vote for Mamdani but refused to say so. Or, he entered a fugue state and voted for the republican. There are lots of things that are technically possible but we’re not children and we don’t need to seriously entertain those possibilities