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@BlueBoxDave Doesn’t the fact that the incumbents didn’t excite more turnout for themselves reveal their unpopularity
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NY 13 has a population of roughly 750,000, almost all Democrats. A total of 66,000 votes were cast in that race. Thats’s how the DSA wins.
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@jamesetta_w If Israel politics aren’t important in these races, why did AIPAC spend millions on them?
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I think it speaks poorly of NY Democrats that they couldn’t defend highly qualified progressive candidates in these races. At the same time the DSA cannot really claim to represent the working class if they can only win low turnout primaries in the most gentrified districts. Mamdani’s campaign was inspiring because he built coalitions by focusing on affordability, not by browbeating allies over Israel politics.
Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump
NY Attorney General Letitia James criticized NYC Mayor Mamdani and some of his endorsed candidates in New York City’s Democratic primaries, telling CNN that some of those candidates don’t understand the communities they want to represent and are disconnected from the history and struggles of many NYC districts. She also said that she and other Democratic leaders are “disappointed” in Mamdani, adding, “All of us are a little frustrated with the Democratic Party. But you don’t blow it up. That’s what MAGA has done.”
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@Tom_Suozzi Wasn’t the 2024 presidential election already a referendum on status quo “common sense” politics and catering to the middle, which Biden/Harris ran on and the voters rejected? So your strategy is to double down on failure and deliver more of nothing?
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We disagree with MAGA. We disagree with socialism. We believe the vast majority of Americans want common-sense, mainstream leadership, not political extremism.
suozziforcongress.com/article/after-…
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@Malinowski Person who has never taken on the establishment because they like what it stands for and don’t have the courage to do so: “taking on the establishment is easy!”
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Nothing wrong with leaders on the left wanting to push the party leftward. But true courage in this moment, on the left & right, is not taking on the establishment (that's easy) -- it's setting limits for your side, and telling your followers what they don't want to hear. 3/
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Gotta disagree with my friend @ChrisMurphyCT. Young Dems voted for Avila Chevalier not because they knew her (they didn't), but because leaders like Mamdani and Sanders embraced her. Those leaders could have chosen a serious progressive with non-insane views. They chose this. 1/
Chris Murphy 🟧@ChrisMurphyCT
I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.
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@dassybeats @KweenInYellow Yes. He knows a lot about inflation and running successful businesses.
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El-Sayed's second celebrity endorsement! 🤩
Popstonox@Popstonox
Zara Larsson endorses Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan senate
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@ThirdWayMattB Kowtowing to Republican framing out of anxiety about how a candidate might be perceived instead of standing firm in your convictions—when R’s are going to frame any D in bad faith as extremist anyway—is the kind of spinelessness voters can smell a mile away.
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As we head into the presidential primaries next year, we will make clear that it's bonkers to think the DSA offers a formula for winning either the nomination or the general election (I mean, COME ON). We will not stand by as our party contemplates riding this road to ruin when so much is at stake for our country. End/
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Far-left extremists got some big wins in 3 deep blue parts of NYC last night. (One is called the “Commie Corridor.”) The DSA, led by Mamdani, has proven it can prevail in districts like those, which are an average of D+36. But it cannot win in purple or red places. A short🧵 1/
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@barb_sl @InfernalWound @Kaimandante Do you think Black people are not also part of the working class? And are you aware Bernie Sanders was arrested in 1963 for participating in a civil rights protest against racial segregation in schools?
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@InfernalWound @Kaimandante Oh did he also say our Black identity wasn’t the foundation of the inequality or do you think he was marching with Bernie Sanders contemplating the need to focus on the “working (white) class” needs?
Yall are the cherry pickingest people I’ve ever seen.
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I am so tired of these Black centrists & Dems in general acting as if it is "white" to be on the left and want things like higher wages, affordable housing and healthcare.
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What moderates organizing looks like
Ethan Wolf 🇺🇸@ethanmwolf
Moderates need to out-organize and fight back on the ground and online against the DSA. We cannot win important races when the DSA has the loudest microphone in the party. If you want to build the best alternative to Trump, now's the time to get going.
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Quick, how many bills designed to better my life has AOC passed? Bernie?
David Hogg 🟧@davidhogg111
Contrary to what the establishment wants you to think, things don't have to suck and you do not have to accept it.
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@FilmThePoliceLA So racist to say the man has no rizz 😏
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Or maybe it’s the fact that Hakeem fucking sucks?
Longtime Black Man Here@groove_sdc
Folks are not paying attention to how these folks feel about Black politicians they can’t control or that aren’t submissive and subservient to them.
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@MorePerfectUS And somehow we’re supposed to be afraid of socialism taking our money away when capitalism is already right here doing it hand over fist.
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The richest 1% now have as much wealth as the bottom 90% of America combined.
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i dont want to be in the same party as these people tbh
Popstonox@Popstonox
Hasan Piker calls out Ritchie Torres after nine of his endorsed candidates win in New York primaries "Ritchie Torres I know you won tonight. I'll see you in two years, motherfucker. I'm coming for you, Richie. Sit on that fuckin seat for the next two years. I hope you remember that. Every day, every time there's a decision that you can make where you are pro-Israel, I hope you remember. You better act right, Ritchie."
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Republicans are given infinite “That GOP Congressman does not represent the GOP in Congress”, “The President doesn’t mean what he tweeted” grace but Democrats have to answer for anything someone with 43 followers and a Mao avi tweeted in 2021
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@MarkSZaidEsq Why is the Right allowed an infinite runway to move further right and embrace fascism, while the Left is expected to be constrained within this narrow paradigm of tepid and uninspiring moderation? It’s a self-defeating double standard.
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We are witnessing MAGA equivalent of destruction of Democratic Party through election of progressive Socialists.
If you think this ends well for country, I believe you're sadly mistaken. Extremism on one side simply fuels opposite growth on other side.
We need moderates.
Gerald Posner@geraldposner
Mamdani-backed ultra-progressive Bruce Lander just ousted the two-term Dan Goldman in NY House 10. And it took no time to tell CNN that maybe there is no place in the new Democratic party for @JohnFetterman
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@bethanyshondark @SohrabAhmari Once the number of genocide-opposing kapos outnumbers the non-kapos, do the roles switch and you become a kapo?
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How do people who say stuff like this process the fact that the Mamdani sweep was often spearheaded by young Jewish staffers — and supported by many young Jews at the rank-and-file level?
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@donnabrazile The level of entitlement is crazy. So the old guard knows what the communities want better than the communities themselves who voted for change? What you’re disagreeing with is the will of the voters.
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@shannonrwatts Believe it or not, but leftists who believe in universal human rights without exceptions when it comes to Palestinians are also the ones who are willing to fight for those things you just mentioned. It’s not some “either/or” situation. Sorry every policy wasn’t in the chant.
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As a liberal progressive, I would be fine with the party moving left if these wins were about Medicare for all, reproductive rights, universal childcare, taxing billionaires, and creating affordable housing, But they weren’t.
Hannah Fierick@HannahFNYP
.@NYCMayor shares embrace with an emotional @EmilyAssembly, while the crowd chants “Free Free Palestine”
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This is exactly the kind of red-baiting, patriotism-policing politics that has left Democrats weak, defensive, and out of touch.
There is nothing “anti-American” about fighting for housing, health care, labor rights, immigrant communities, an end to endless war, and a democracy not auctioned off to billionaires and super PACs. That is not bigotry. That is the moral center of any party serious about governing for working people.
The real danger to Democrats is not DSA. It is a consultant-class obsession with punching left while offering voters managed decline, donor-approved caution, and lectures about “centrism” from people who cannot explain why so many Americans feel abandoned by both parties.
America is not just a nation of centrists. America is a nation of workers, renters, students, caregivers, immigrants, organizers, and communities demanding a government that actually serves them. Progressives are not defining the Democratic Party by hating America. They are challenging a failed establishment because they believe America can be better than austerity, militarism, and corporate capture.
If Democrats reject the left, they are not defending democracy. They are choosing stagnation over the multiracial working-class coalition that can actually defeat the right.
Jamie Metzl@JamieMetzl
The Democratic Party will be far better served by an aggressive internal struggle against anti-American DSA bigots like Darializa Avila Chevalier than by allowing this vile brand of anti-American bigotry to define our party. America remains a nation of centrists who love our country, our democracy, and our shared values. The Democratic Party must reject the DSA. If we don’t, the American people will justifiably reject us.
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@redhotnerd NYC may not be the rest of the country, but dissatisfaction with Dem establishment is country-wide.
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I never really talk much about nyc politics, because it’s always been a bit nuts. Even when I lived there it was a bit nuts. But I will say this: NYC is not the rest of America. Be very careful of drawing the wrong conclusions from primaries in this city with regards to anywhere else. Even if you’re very happy with the results! This stuff really doesn’t translate very far outside of the city & just be sensible with your takes & proclamations. Nuance is your friend.
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@Matt4VA @danielsgoldman The job isn’t only to hold Trump accountable; it’s to represent your constituents.
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The fact that @danielsgoldman will not be in Congress next year is a travesty.
Goldman is a pragmatic democrat who would have been one of the best at holding Trump and his administration accountable.
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