Democratic insiders blame progressives for them not winning elections, while progressives keep winning elections
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 03/05/2022 - 12:22pmThis headline is a perfect representative of democratic establishment spin.
This headline is a perfect representative of democratic establishment spin.
We are approaching another election disaster for the Democrats, so establishment Democrats are already shifting into scapegoating the slightly less corrupt, non-corporate wing of the party - progressives.
The Democrats are about to get walloped. This is about to happen despite the Republicans running on NOTHING POSITIVE at all!
The first one that's right around the corner is in Honduras. While I almost stopped following this election because it seemed like a lost cause, it has now become the most promising.
As you know by now, I've been keeping an eye on South Americas election in recent years, and how it is leaning further to the Left (according to the polls).
When Guillermo Lasso, a former banker and finance minister who advocates shrinking the state and cutting taxes, defeated socialist Andrés Arauz by a narrow margin in Ecuador last month (after the Left won the legislature in convincing fashion), it appeared that the Left in Latin America was still too weak to challenge t
If you watch MSNBC you probably believe that if it wasn't for some local politician in Seattle whispering the word "socialist" within earshot of a microphone, then right-wing Democrats in Minnesota and Florida would have won their elections.
Support progressive policies like Medicare for All and win elections.
Campaign against progressive policies like Medicare for All and lose elections. pic.twitter.com/DZ7mUeE6Po
— Ryan Knight (@ProudSocialist) November 7, 2020
Remember how Lacy Clay won re-election after Kamala Harris endorsed him?
How about when Hillary Clinton delivered her only endorsement in a 2020 House race, thus giving Eliot Engel victory?
No?