US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is gearing up for a potential Senate or presidential run in 2028, igniting excitement among progressives nationwide.  #AOC2028

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Please no president. Senate is ok.

America has shown it can't handle a woman, much less woman of color, much less young, much less progressive. The DNC just needs a straight white man who is decently progressive but appears to be moderate on stuff. All of this to say: Tim Walz please.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Probably Senate to primary Schumer. That would be the only logical move.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Schumer is a spineless AIPAC sellout. Easily one of the main reasons why the Democratic Party is so disliked.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Congratulations for scapegoating women rather than addressing any of the other more meaningful commonalities between Clinton and Harris.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    The sexism even more disgusting when compounded with the hypocrisy: centrists smeared Sanders in 2020 by claiming he said women can't win.

    Now that they don't want a particular woman to run, they'll scream that sexist garbage like it's gospel.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'm talking about the moderate conservatives who hate Trump, and maybe aren't too involved in politics. They are more traditional but would vote for progressive policies if they were packaged correctly. It's a sad state of the country, but with Newsmax and Fox brainwashing people, that's the only winning strategy.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I’m talking about the moderate conservatives who hate Trump, and maybe aren’t too involved in politics.

    They. Will. Never. Vote. For. A. Democrat. You're alienating your base in order to chase a bunch of nazis to the right.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You can't say you want someone who is "decently progressive" and then pretend we can't nominate a woman because we don't want to turn off moderate conservatives. It's nonsensical.

    Her gender wasn't even a serious line of attack during the campaign and she went so hard to the center she was losing votes in the cities, the core source of Democratic votes.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    because moderate politics have been going so well lately ...

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Notice how I said "appear". Just the fact that he's an old, straight, white male is good enough for many of the moderate conservatives who hate Trump.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    And here we go again. Get a conservative who pretends to be moderate! (You know that's what it will be. It's why you're advocating for yet another fucking moderate) We'll get the conservative vote this time! Or we'll lose! The important thing is that no one to the left ever gets representation!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    You should go read my comment again, because you completely missed the point.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    You're advocating for trying to appeal to republicans. That's what the party does. It's how they keep losing.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm advocating for appealing to their most base desire, which is bullshit identity stuff. A sadly large amount of people would vote for a white man just because it's a white man. The policies themselves could be pretty progressive.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (3 children)

    The policies themselves could be pretty progressive.

    From the people who seriously expected you to buy "biden is the most progressive president since FDR" and "I'm a progressive who gets things done."

    Maybe if the party would quit trying to pass off centrism as progressive, I'd buy that.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    ok baby boy, you do you, have a good day

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