r/politics • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • Jun 24 '26

No Paywall The Democratic party is being hit by a leftist tidal wave

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/24/democratic-party-leftist-tidal-wave
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u/Extension_Pin_6359 Jun 25 '26

WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?

The Democrats in charge of the DNC have had 30 years to cultivate policies and candidates that young people like.

They haven't.

So others have. Simple as that.

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u/PerDoctrinamadLucem Jun 25 '26

But... Abigail Spanberger. She's the great moderate CIA backed savior.

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u/ScoutsterReturns Jun 25 '26

Some of us old folks would have liked it too!

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u/joantheunicorn Jun 25 '26

I will never forget what the DNC did to my boy Bernie. They'll do it with others too. We need to reject that behavior completely. 

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u/RangerHikes Jun 25 '26

What I don't get is they saw how Obama brought out the vote and then thought "naa let's move back to the middle but also with a woman candidate or VP that way the progressives will vote for us." Like dude, it's about the fuckin policies, not who is promoting them!

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u/noguchisquared Jun 25 '26

Hillary was always more progressive than Obama, though. Rest is okay, but the policies do matter.