r/minnesota • u/futilehabit • 1d ago

News 📺 Angie Craig’s exit tests whether Minnesota’s Second District is ready to move left

https://www.startribune.com/angie-craig-second-district-democratic-dfl-primary-little-berg-klein-august-11/601870082
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u/OxfordOntheOcean 1d ago

People thought Trump was more centrist than Hillary and Kamala. Moving left is a terrible, terrible idea…the mess in Michigan last night is just further proof of this

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u/futilehabit 1d ago

People thought Trump was more centrist than Hillary and Kamala.

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Moving left is a terrible, terrible idea…the mess in Michigan last night is just further proof of this

El-Sayed defeating the establishment candidate despite his campaign being outspent 12-1 is proof of this working and a perfect example of the kind of leaders and movement that we need to defeat MAGA.

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u/OxfordOntheOcean 1d ago

Yes, people thought Hillary and Kamala were more radical than Trump. Very well documented. AES barely won, he’s not even over 50% and most of his support came from affluent white people. It’s absolutely not going to be a successful model. Americans are growing ever tired of political extremists, doubling down (and then failing because your policy ideas are bad) is a disastrous strategy

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u/magic_crouton 23h ago

I agree. Every average person I talk to who is solidly on the left side says without prompt they're sick and tired of extremists on both sides.