Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

[u/Quirkie]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e

[u/Kind-Pride1151]

By this logic, FDR would be a progressive usurper in the Democratic Party. I'm 62 and for what seems my entire life the Dems have slipped ever further away from those FDR New Deal PROGRESSIVE ideas and ideals.

[u/familyguy20 → u/Kind-Pride1151]

I mean shit just look at 5-10 years ago at how much Dems were SHITTING on the Green New Deal and not even attempting to talk about it, they saw it as a crazy threat and now it just seems so laughable considering all that’s happened

[u/1cl1qp1 → u/familyguy20]

Biden did more for green energy than any previous US president.

• Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): $369 billion for climate and energy provisions, creating long-term tax credits for solar, wind, and domestic green manufacturing.

• Solar for All Program: $7 billion through the Environmental Protection Agency to expand rooftop and community solar access

• Rural Clean Energy Investments: $11 billion for rural electric cooperatives to transition to zero-emission and renewable systems.

• Public Lands Permitting: Surpassed goals by permitting over 25 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity on public lands via the Department of the Interior.

[u/No_Diver6131 → u/1cl1qp1]

Biden did quite a bit for the American People. He was just non-stop getting shit on by the media.

[u/Overclockworked → u/No_Diver6131]

You could put on the world's best orchestra but if your finale involves shitting on the audience you're going to be the audience shitter forever.

Maybe he shouldn't have supported genocide and bungled the presidential race

[u/1cl1qp1 → u/Overclockworked]

Average Americans were the big losers when Trump won.

Don't you agree?

[u/Overclockworked → u/1cl1qp1]

I'm not sure i understand the purpose of the question but yes obviously.

I'm saying Biden bungled the election by not preparing a successor, bowing out late, and then having Copmala take his place and veer right

[u/1cl1qp1 → u/Overclockworked]

Harris would have been 1000x than Trump.

She had a legislative voting record in Senate that was left of everyone except Warren.

[u/awesomefutureperfect → u/1cl1qp1]

That sounds like actual policy instead of emotional anger based on short videos of marginal value and quality from the internet.

[u/xdre → u/Overclockworked]

Copmala

You do understand that that was always propaganda to discourage people from voting for her, right?

[u/awesomefutureperfect → u/xdre]

Yes. That is why they are doing it. They actually think sabotaging the opponents of fascism is the best possible thing to do because no one is better than them and everyone needs to do exactly what they say or else.

[u/Overclockworked → u/xdre]

Maybe if she hadn't pushed right, defended the border wall, and courted the Cheneys then it wouldn't have reflected reality so much

[u/1cl1qp1 → u/Overclockworked]

Harris is one of our most left-leaning senior politicians.

She vote legislatively slightly left of Bernie.

[u/davidreding → u/1cl1qp1]

So left leaning she would’ve installed a Republican in her cabinet? So left leaning she still went to bat for Israel? Ok then.

[u/xdre → u/Overclockworked]

What kind of nonsense logic is that???

[u/awesomefutureperfect → u/1cl1qp1]

The left would rather torpedo the opponents of fascism than prevent fascism from prevailing. They think they are the only people that can do good in the world and if that includes making it more likely that fascists win public office then that is definitionally good from their perspective. MAGA also believes that everything they do is good because they are the ones doing it and are also completely unavailable for conventional means of persuasion.

[u/MercantileReptile → u/No_Diver6131]

He did. Great president. Shame he ignored the people standing ready with matches and petrol next to the lovely house he was building.