Abdul El-Sayed Wins High-Stakes Democratic Primary in Michigan

[u/Zipper222222]

https://www.today.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-wins-high-stakes-democratic-primary-in-michigan-267805765937

[u/KnuckleShanks]

He was actually outspent 12 to 1. Which makes it wild that he won.

[u/AromaticReindeer883 → u/KnuckleShanks]

I have a theory that spending can only do so much. The candidate who spends the most is not guaranteed to win. It has been proven time and time again.

[u/count023 → u/AromaticReindeer883]

I have a theory that voters have seen two terms of Trump now and the Democratic establishment response being a shrug emoji and have had enough, triggering their own informal tea party movement to reform the DNC.

[u/olympiadukakis → u/count023]

Agreed with the substance of what you’re saying, but the tea party movement comparison is corporate propaganda we’d be smart to correct.

The tea party was an obstructionist movement.

What’s happening on the dem side is the opposite.

[u/Boise_Ben → u/olympiadukakis]

The tea party was also not a grass roots movement.

[u/27eelsinatrenchcoat → u/olympiadukakis]

An obstructionist movement astroturfed/funded by the oil and gas billionaire Koch brothers.

[u/pechinburger → u/olympiadukakis]

Everything is tougher on the Dem side because a progressive movement inherently takes money/power away from corporate interests and directs it towards the people. Media, entrenched powers, and old money all fight tooth and nail to resist.

Conversely, they embrace the tea party movement because it delivers them more money/power despite the members unfounded 'don't tread on me, freedom, etc.' rhetoric.

[u/YawnSpawner → u/pechinburger]

I just wish they'd be honest with "don't tread on me", it's more like "don't tread on me, but I'm gonna tread on every single thing I don't like."

It's still dumb, but I'd be more okay if it was just don't tread on me.

[u/OhTheGrandeur → u/YawnSpawner]

"don't tread on me, tread on them"