A Longtime Political Organizer in AOC’s District Says She’s the Real DealTokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – 109 points – 1 years agothenation.comTheNation.com30Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentThere is no way the Democratic Party would let her win the primaries.She needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable. That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.The party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.Progressives need to be so infested in the party that you can't do that.It's neat how even centrists' opposition to progressives is progressives' fault.What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? I'm not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on. What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.1 more...
There is no way the Democratic Party would let her win the primaries.She needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable. That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.The party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.Progressives need to be so infested in the party that you can't do that.It's neat how even centrists' opposition to progressives is progressives' fault.What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? I'm not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on. What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.1 more...
She needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable. That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.The party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.Progressives need to be so infested in the party that you can't do that.It's neat how even centrists' opposition to progressives is progressives' fault.What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? I'm not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on. What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.
The party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.Progressives need to be so infested in the party that you can't do that.It's neat how even centrists' opposition to progressives is progressives' fault.What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? I'm not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on. What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.
Progressives need to be so infested in the party that you can't do that.It's neat how even centrists' opposition to progressives is progressives' fault.What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? I'm not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on. What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.
It's neat how even centrists' opposition to progressives is progressives' fault.What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? I'm not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on. What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.
What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? I'm not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on. What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.
What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.
There is no way the Democratic Party would let her win the primaries.
She needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable.
That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.
The party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.
Progressives need to be so infested in the party that you can't do that.
It's neat how even centrists' opposition to progressives is progressives' fault.
What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap?
I'm not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on.
Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.