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Hasan Piker is begging Democrats to get angry and fight Trump
(www.independent.co.uk)
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It's not a progressive DNC, even tho it is the most progressive chair in 50+ years
It's a nonbiased DNC, and that's all progressive politicians have ever needed: a fair fight.
You're thinking of the DNC as a single entity and not ~500 voting members...
Most of which had been there for a very long time and are now slowly dying off or less often retiring and giving their seat/vote up.
Those are the type of people they've been getting replaced with, it's been a long process and has taken decades of a grass roots movement to accomplish.
I've been waiting for this since I was a kid and watched the DNC close ranks to protect Bill Clinton for lying under oath.
I'm gonna give it more than 3 months before declaring it a failure.
I'll agree to give it another 3 months and see where we are, and I appreciate you not getting bogged down in the minutia and sticking to broad strokes. Like I said, I believe we are envisioning the same future and I dont want you to think I am fighting against you. My first election was 2016, so I'm a bit more cynical. I have less optimism for those 500 members to seize the moment instead of entrenching their dying position one last time. Could it happen? Sure. I just feel it's equally as likely that a grassroots movement takes its place. I hope for the sake of the country you're right.
I mean...
The only way anything will change before midterms is if a handful of Republicans break from trump and flip the House or Senate.
That's why AOC and Bernie are touring red districts and telling them to contact their Republican reps.
It's very unlikely to work, but makes beating them in midterms more likely since the Republicans aren't helping their voters now.
So 3 more months?
Not trying to crush your hopes but it needs a longer timeline.
Personally I'm cautiously optimistic, but the midterm primaries is where we'll really know what Martin's DNC is like. But every sign so far has been a good one.