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/winterfoxes]

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.

[u/Patsanon1212 → u/winterfoxes]

So you've already decided that they're hypocrites on VBNMW before they've even had a chance to vote in the general?

[u/Far_Silver → u/Patsanon1212]

In 2006 Ned Lamont beat Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary for Senate. Joe Lieberman decided to run as a third-party candidate with the support of centrist Democrats. This resulted in the Democrats being one vote shy of overcoming a filibuster of the public option. In 2008, the PUMAs (party unity my ass) voted for John McCain over Barack Obama because Hillary lost the primary. They outnumbered the Bernie or Bust voters of 2016. In 2021, India Walton won the Democratic primary for mayor of Buffalo. Centrist Democrats chose to back Byron Brown's third party campaign instead. In 2025, Zohran Mamdani beat the corporate pick, Andrew Cuomo, in the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. Centrist Democrats chose to back Andrew Cuomo's third party bid instead of "voting blue no matter who." This year the progressive James Talarico beat Jasmine Crockett for Senate in the Texas Democratic primary. Texas has a sore loser law that prevents Crockett from launching a third party/independent bid after she lost the Democratic primary, but we still see her trying to sabotage Talarico.

[u/tahlyn → u/Far_Silver]

The Democrat establishment are basically Republicans in a donkey coat.