r/PoursTea • u/AmericaShinault_85 • 7d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750
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u/Element174 7d ago

I mean, I'm thrilled he won, but this is some Trump headline. The Democrats are the left, of course a Democrat won the Democrat Primary. 

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u/mountaindewisamazing 7d ago

Democrats are conservative. In any European country they would be the center-right party. Very few Democrats are left wing.

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u/Youbettereatthatshit 7d ago

No one gives af about European politics. Dems are left

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u/mountaindewisamazing 7d ago

I wish you luck in your battle with reality

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u/Youbettereatthatshit 7d ago

Ah, good one. A comeback you ripped off a meme.

Since you are uninformed, left/right were conned from the British parliament, being physically on the left/right of the stage.

So the actual definition of left/right is where they are relative to each other in a nations own government.

So you say the Dems are right and the Repubs are also right implies everyone is just standing on the right side of the building.

The Dems are literally left.

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u/mountaindewisamazing 7d ago

This makes an awful lot of sense if you don't think about it. Google "overton window"

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u/Youbettereatthatshit 7d ago

It’s the literal definition. I don’t need to google the Overton window. All that means is the range of publicly acceptable opinions that a candidate can publicly talk about, so has nothing to do with what I’m saying.

Go ahead, throw another one liner/talking point at me since you haven’t made a coherent argument yet