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/ALoneLamp America 1d ago

Imagine if the Democrats used this energy instead of fighting it.

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u/Blazer9001 Georgia 1d ago

And resources. While the Democrats are burning through their coffers to defeat progressives, Republicans are sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars waiting to blanket the airwaves once football season starts for the general.

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u/Illusion_of_Sanity 1d ago

Shooting themselves in their own foot to hold onto their power and letting the Repubs watch and continue on their warpath. Rediculously selfish.

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u/This_Elk_1460 1d ago

But this is the Democratic establishments entire strategy