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Paleo's avatar

Ed Case always should be primaried. Even Republican Denver Riggleman chastises Democrats for not standing up for Green:

So I think what Al was saying was correct. What I would have liked to have seen, though, is more Democrats stand up for him. You know, most of them are sitting down looking slack jawed. I think they needed to stand up, applaud, or maybe go to the back with him or leave with him. That’s actually showing something.

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Miguel Parreno's avatar

Maybe just primary them all, their districts be damned. But I'm sure some here will take offense to that.

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Paleo's avatar

If they had done what I suggested, boycotted the campaign speech, led by Jeffries and Schumer, it would have avoided a lot of this infighting. But those two wouldn’t even boycott Netanyahu’s speech, so I’m not surprised. I don’t think the Democratic hierarchy in Washington appreciates the anger that’s out there. And they’re not just angry at Trump and the Republicans

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Miguel Parreno's avatar

The anger is palpable. Many people I know feel betrayed by the Democrats fecklessness. Something is brewing.

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Kevin H.'s avatar

Maybe blame Trump and Republicans? If they're angry at powerless democrats for not kicking and screaming more than we're screwed. Maybe tell them to show up to vote next time

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Miguel Parreno's avatar

I am. We're all loyal party members but we're going to primary Democrats that we feel aren't doing enough in the face of encroaching fascism. All they had to do was walk out with Green and they could have avoided the dumb crap like "Why aren't the Dems standing up for the kid with cancer?" I'm not even advocating that all 10 should be primaried. Just people like Himes, Bera, and Case.

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Kevin H.'s avatar

I'm all for primarying useless dems especially those so scared they vote for something like this, and worse the ones like Case, Houlihan and Himes that must agree with it. You mentioned the anger at dems, I'm saying what do such people think should be done with zero power atm. We have to rely on conservative Supreme Court judges for God's sake.

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Kevin H.'s avatar

What do you want them to do exactly, voters have sent them to the wilderness. Performative nonsense doesn't help anything

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JanusIanitos's avatar

Performative nonsense can be used to great effect. It's a signal of opposition, and it disrupts normalization.

Republicans go through endless performative nonsense against us whenever we hold power. It consistently helps them animate their voter base, to create negative news cycles or disrupt positive ones.

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