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Civil war looms for Democrats after left-wing upsets: ‘This is just the beginning’
« on: September 06, 2018, 02:02:35 am »
 By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times - Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Ayanna Pressley cruised to victory in Massachusetts in a stunning primary victory Tuesday, ousting a 10-term House incumbent while promising voters she would abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, create government-run health care and enact free college tuition.

Liberal activists said that platform helped energize voters, giving her a 17-point margin of victory over Rep. Michael Capuano, the second longtime Democratic lawmaker to fall in a primary this year to a more liberal candidate.

It’s also vastly different than the platform Democratic leaders are selling.

The competing agendas could become a problem should the party win control of the House in November, leaving liberal activists salivating over a list of left-wing priorities that party leaders haven’t agreed to.

“The people are demanding policies like Medicare for All, a $15-an-hour minimum wage and tuition-free college,” said Nasim Thompson, a spokeswoman for Justice Democrats. “If they don’t fight for these policies, they’ll get voted out. We’ve been seeing it happen in races all around the country. And this is just the beginning.”

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Re: Civil war looms for Democrats after left-wing upsets: ‘This is just the beginning’
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2018, 02:11:05 am »
That may play in Massachusetts but it is destroying the party nationally.
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Re: Civil war looms for Democrats after left-wing upsets: ‘This is just the beginning’
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2018, 02:31:18 am »
Quote from: Emjay on September 06, 2018, 02:11:05 am
That may play in Massachusetts but it is destroying the party nationally.

Don't kid yourself,  there are plenty of  "Republicans " in Washington who would sign on to that sh*t in a NY second.
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Re: Civil war looms for Democrats after left-wing upsets: ‘This is just the beginning’
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2018, 05:16:42 am »
Quote from: Bigun on September 06, 2018, 02:31:18 am
Don't kid yourself,  there are plenty of  "Republicans " in Washington who would sign on to that sh*t in a NY second.

Whatever remnant is left of what we used to call the mainstream democrat party is in shreds.  Obama started shredding it, Bernie saw an opportunity and made the most of it when the Hag ran.

And now these little leftist creeps are running around winning a few local elections which gives the Republicans all the ammo they need to paint the Dems as who they really are.
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