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[Michigan] Senate Democrat [Elissa Slotkin] questions what Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez have ‘actually done’ (thehill.com)

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“I can’t do what she [AOC] does, because we live in a purple state and I’m a pragmatist.“

= compromise with the Nazis to keep your position

“Everyone you mentioned has a lot of words, but what have they actually done to change the situation with Donald Trump?”

Uh gee maybe if the rest of y’all got on the same page instead of impeding them and folding to the Republicans then we could actually have some sort of defense against him and his cronies?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe the problem is people don't want to vote for lite-republicans, they want people that will actually try to inprove their lives. Democrats ahould jave spent the last 8 years talking about how they are going to make things better, not just hoping people will vote for them over fascists

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If that were true in Michigan, the primary would have at least been close.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

Normal people don't vote in primaries. Only the party faithful do, especially when the big ticket nominee is all but decided.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So first, just in case what was that other candidate's platform? And second, copious amounts of donor money is my bet. Or just progressives not voting in primaries, as usual.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

The other candidate's platform was that he did something with an anti-trans comedian, and then vanished off the face of the earth