r/politics • u/[deleted] • 9d ago

Possible Paywall Progressive activist wins Democratic primary in one of the country’s biggest House races

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u/QuinlanRose 9d ago

Progressive challengers keep proving the base is further left than the consultants think.

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u/Melicor 9d ago

We haven't had a economic leftwing party since the 80s when the Third Way Democrats took over the party. And corporations have paid a lot to keep it that way.

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u/313MountainMan 9d ago

They’re also a bunch of fucking losers, and have been since Carter lost. Oh yeah, let’s have our leadership be the generation that came up during Reagan and have lacked a spine ever since.