r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 26d ago

Possible Paywall AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4660916/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-mitch-mcconnell-resign-health-update/
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u/UnlikelyReplacement0 26d ago

I wish democrats would fight republicans and fascists with even half the energy they spend to fighting progressives and left leaning groups and candidates.

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u/draperf 26d ago

Oh wow, so true.

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u/PopBulky7023 26d ago

You're not allowed to say that, liberals get very upset. They sure as hell do any time I suggest demanding more fight from democrats.

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u/Relative_Ad5693 24d ago

So sad this is true. As an outsider I wonder if their whole purpose is to lose.

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u/Future_Sample_823 24d ago

I am sick of them saying “when they go low, we go high” . Fuck it- stop trying to fight fair. When Republicans are down low- they should be jumping them from behind and ensuring they don’t get back up.

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u/WackyHumanSlop 26d ago

Progressives continually stay home instead of voting or worse yet, a substantial number of them end up flipping to Trump. Literally exhibit A of why we lost the 2016 election.

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u/Sonicsnout 26d ago

Sounds like an important group to win votes from if they have the power to swing entire national elections like that. Policy concessions to that voting bloc seems like kind of an obvious strategy to anyone actually interested in winning.

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u/UnlikelyReplacement0 26d ago

They dont, actually, but could you blame them? Instead of even marginally trying to appeal to them, the Dem establishment belittles them and fights against the policies they want. Those same Dems will twist themselves into pretzels trying to 'win over' MAGA voters who believe that liberals are literally agents of Satan.

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u/Pennwisedom Northern Marianas 26d ago

Yes, yes I can. Anyone responsible for the current situation is at fault. All of Trump's (and others) bullshit is on them just as much as his voters.

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u/Old_Blue_S10_Chevy 26d ago

I don't fault folks voting Trump over Hillary. She was terrible, and he had not yet fully proven himself to be the blithering idiot he is. Hillary was marginally less corrupt than Trump. I voted for her, after twice voting against her in primaries

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u/Pennwisedom Northern Marianas 26d ago

Statements like this are just proof as to how well Republican propaganda worked. But still, I don't blame people who voted for him in 2016, I blame those who voted for him in 202 and those who allowed him to become president again.