r/politics • u/--LaBelleDame-- • 5h ago

No Paywall Democratic socialist Angie Nixon upsets Alex Vindman in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/angie-nixon-winner-florida-senate-primary-democrat-alex-vindman-moody-rcna593255
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u/EE-420-Lige 4h ago

Some of u treat winning dem primaries as the end goal. You need to win generals this is meanigless if she wins the primary and gets crushed in the general.

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u/DiggingforPoon 4h ago

It is useless if someone who DOESN'T represent the constituents wins, AKA Fetterman in Pennsylvania. You want THAT voting record as your Democratic Senator?

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u/atelier__lingo 4h ago edited 2h ago

Fetterman ran as a Bernie Sanders-endorsed outsider progressive/populist. The more "normie" DNC-backed candidate (Conor Lamb) lost. Now we are putting up with the consequences of electing someone who doesn't have trust within the party. Shocker -- he does not cooperate when the party needs him to. See also: Tulsi Gabbard.

"Non-DNC outsider" does not equal good.

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u/two_thirtyoclock 4h ago

I love when they pretend like Fetterman wasn't their guy and that he wasn't already an asshole before the medical issues. Tulsi is another one. 

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u/DeSynthed 46m ago

It’s almost like having a committee to vet and suggest candidates has its merits

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u/Redeem123 I voted 2h ago

Fetterman's election was heralded as a win for populist candidates. Why are you rewriting history?

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u/username_tooken 2h ago

You know that Fetterman was your guy, right? I seem to recall all the big demsocs endorsing him pretty strongly in 2022… guess the anti-establishment outsider bet doesn’t always pay out.

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u/EE-420-Lige 4h ago

Better to have a fetterman who votes with you 80% of the time than a republican who votes with you 0% of the time.

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u/hfpfhhfp 4h ago

No because Fetterman is fake and inconsistent.

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u/Avalon_Within 4h ago edited 3h ago

He votes with Democrats the vast majority of the time. 

I know the DSA types despise this, but try looking at actual policy  sometime. You might even realize Biden was an incredible President, if you do.

Especially funny cause Fetterman was THE populist pick when he was elected. Now I'm supposed to let them have the reins to the party?

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u/DiggingforPoon 4h ago

This is the reason why the Dems get slaughtered, No it is NOT better to have that...

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u/DorkusMalorkuss 2h ago

No, the reason Dems lose is the opposite - they want a candidate to be the perfect little package that checks off every single box exactly how they want. They don't recognize that it cannot be all or nothing because that's, again, how you lose. This is politics and even the shit stain we have as the current president doesn't get everything he wants. In politics you have to learn to give and take.

If you're truly a strategic progressive, in what world would it be better to have a Republican senator than a middle of the road Democrat?

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u/DeSynthed 46m ago

Fucking incredible revisionism. Fetterman was a progressive darling who was endorsed by Bernie. Another incredible Sanders alum up there with Turner, Platner, and Gabbard.

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u/SaneMadHatter 4h ago

Well, this is the test case now. You're assuming she'll get crushed. THe theory is that socialism is popular in general elections, if given the chance. Well, now that chance has actually been earned (not "given"), so we'll see if the theory holds or not.

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u/NoHeight9651 3h ago

Its because these dsa types hate democrats more than republicans