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Schumer backs El-Sayed, vows Democratic ‘big tent’ will win Senate (www.nydailynews.com)
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Sen. Chuck Schumer strongly backed Abdul El-Sayed after the progressive candidate’s slim victory in the Michigan primary and vowed that the Democratic “big tent” approach to intraparty feuds will succeed in taking back the Senate in the fall midterms.

The Senate Democratic leader told Punchbowl News he is 100% behind the newly minted nominee, even though the party’s political operation backed rival Rep. Haley Stevens in a contentious primary that El-Sayed narrowly won this week.

“What people don’t understand is that a big tent is a strength, not a weakness,” Schumer said. “It’s how you build a majority.”

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[–] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You could have just said you haven't learned yet.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Have you ever considered the reason we are here is because you haven’t learned yet?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I am absolutely one of the reasons we are here. I voted third party in a swing state in 2016.

    Vote as far left on every ballot but vote for the candidate that actually has a chance. It's that simple for me.

    I too want the party pulled left. And the time to do that is in the primaries, which is exactly whats happening now.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago*

    How’d that primary strategy work out in 2024?

    You are voting 3rd party in the primary but somehow fail to realize GOP and DNC are owned by the same interest. The illusion in the cave is that you think the DNC is left. (You call the DNC left of center above).

    Voting to center right (DNC) when you want to be left of center will never shift American politics left. Trump is the boogeyman that gets you to abandon what you claim to stand for (progressivism).

    MAGA co-opted the GOP by refusing to compromise. This shifted the GOP even further right. When progressives compromise the entire American political spectrum bell curve just shifts further right.

    I understand that you think your approach will produce an immediate harm reduction. I am sure it will look that way, but the steady march to the right won’t stop if the left side of the spectrum caves while the right does not

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