During negotiations with the DNC and the Harris campaign, we were repeatedly told by interlocutors that Harris couldn’t meet any of our basic requests (a policy shift from Biden, a Palestinian speaker at the DNC, a statement distinguishing herself from Trump on Israel, or even a meeting with Michigan families who lost loved ones to Israeli bombs) because of AIPAC-aligned politicians like Fetterman, who might take to TV, rile up suburban white and Jewish voters, and fracture the party’s coalition in a swing state.

That political calculus alienated a key voting bloc, although likely not large enough to have shifted the ultimate election outcomes, that should be part of a durable Democratic majority. But few will ever be held accountable for that choice.

A Fetterman staffer condemning Uncommitted for not advocating for Palestinians ‘the right way’ is like an arsonist scolding the fire department for using the wrong hose.

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    Who gives a fuck? Stop trying to sew division and relitigate an election that ended three months ago. Fuck the politics of division. The left needs unity now. Fuck the dividers.

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      People who support genocidal democrats aren’t the left nor were they ever the left. They’re milquetoast liberals happy that at least trump is protecting their 401ks.

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      The dividers are Democrats trying to blame their loss on people who refused to support their genocide.

      They want to learn nothing from the election and have turned their propaganda to justify their loss into overdrive.

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        What does the paragraph right below the one with a red square around it say

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          It says that few of the people responsible for dividing the Democratic party will be held responsible.

          The paragraph below that one explains how Democrats such as Fetterman are trying to shift the blame on groups alienated by the Democratic party.

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            I don’t understand all the focus on John Fetterman as somehow being representative of the Democratic party writ large. It’s blatant that his personality has changed since his stroke, and I’d wager he’s going to lose his next primary if he even tries to run again

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              Because Democrats have done nothing to pressure him into changing his position, and Democrats like Fetterman have absolutely been at the forefront of all the attempts to blame people who cared about Palestinians enough to try and get Democrats to change policy for their campaign and policy failures.