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Mamdani updates Reagan's "nine most terrifying words" with nine more terrifying words: "I worked all day and can't feed my family" (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 months ago by favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Who said it was fair? But you've got to use every tool at your disposal. Don't make it easy for them.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

Centrists argue that we should ignore progressives and point to primary losses as a reason.

Primaries centrists run dishonestly for their own benefit.

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

So what are you proposing?

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Not expecting progressives to regard dishonest primaries as fair, and not using the results of those primaries to inform criteria for what constitutes an "electable" candidate.

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