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[–] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

The Dems need to take control of the message, and keep it laser-focused on the real issues, and not let MAGAs hijack it with their propaganda and nonsense.

So here’s the problem, Hasan’s community were instrumental in the election of Zorhan Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed. Hasan is successfully pushing those issues which you and I agree are the real issues. The Democratic Party establishment is siding with MAGA against Hasan because they don’t want to address those issues; anymore than MAGA wants to address those issues.

Hasan represents what it looks like when those real issues push their way into the mainstream from the outside. That’s why they’re misrepresenting his positions. Anybody who pushes their way in on the real issues will get the same pushback from the DNC and republicans that Hasan has gotten.

Biden didn’t pass Medicare for all, he said he would veto it.

When the DNC had the opportunity to pass progressive legislation in the 2020-2022 cycle they hid behind the senate parliamentarian — an unelected bureaucrat.

Democrats aren’t on our side, they will only act as much as we force them to act, Hasan is not a perfect person but he is rhetorically skilled, and he has successfully leveraged those skills to begin to force their hand. That’s why they’re attacking him.

I do recomend you watch some the mainstream media interviews with him that have recently done the rounds. Because though he is at the center of this controversy, its not really about him.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    We should probably start making a distinction between Dem candidates and the DNC. You probably mean the latter. As for the Dem candidates, that’s far less certain and here’s why.

    Outside a minority running as establishment candidates (mostly incumbents) the DNC is struggling to maintain influence. Even the non-DSA wins have shifted heavily to local issues in their campaigns and distanced themselves from DNC priorities. Mainly this is because DSA has been on a big winning streak with that strategy, and D candidates want to win. But it’s also because the DNC blew a huge amount of its warchest on several key primaries that they lost.

    In other words, the DNC has not only tried and repeatedly failed to secure wins for its candidates (a bad losing streak that doesn’t inspire confidence) but now the DNC has even less money that it might have otherwise proffered to keep candidates in line. Of the funds remaining, much of it has been marked toxic by candidates in key races, meaning even if the DNC offered it for free they couldn’t accept it.

    Candidates are the ones campaigning. They have the mic and can choose whether to share it with the convention leadership by towing party lines. Since the DNC has less to offer this year, and in many races might hurt more than help, there may be far less mic sharing than usual.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Perhaps the usual incompetence by the DNC has led to leaving enough open air that the DSA could actually get their message across, exactly at the time when people were desperate to hear something that gives them real hope (not Obama Hope). We've been screaming for M4A for decades, trying to get their attention, and they just won't look our way. Then the DSA says "I got you brother," and we're supposed to to ignore them, even though it works literally everywhere else on the planet?

    My loser congressman was one of those eight loser Dems who signed that anti-Socialist propaganda letter from MAGA a few weeks back. You think he's going to support M4A?

    The DemSocs are working for us, the DNC is working for MAGA. The DemSocs have to Tea Party the Democrat Party and take it over.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I’m convinced it is finally happening. A bit late, but I think people are finally getting the memo. DSA won ~1/3 of the congressional primaries and over 2/3 of the local and state primaries. In two years, we’ll have more seats to primary and will finally be able to take over the DNC. But for now, I’ll happily settle for old guard DNC’s relegation to obscurity, though it’s better than they deserve.

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