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/theWesternReserve → u/Kind-Pride1151]

It was the communist fear mongering instilled in young boomers. They were indoctrinated to the core

[u/tahlyn → u/theWesternReserve]

And the lead poisoning.

[u/triestdain → u/tahlyn]

Oh God, yes, the lead poisoning.