Furious Democrats are pushing “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to primary Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he agreed to vote with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, according to reports.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    543·
    17 hours ago

    I’ve never felt more defeated electorally than by the current crop of Democrats.

    Losing to Hillary in the '16 primaries was rough, but it wasn’t even close to enough to get me or almost anyone to drop out of politics. At least the 2020 ratfucking gave us the platform. Losing to Trump, now twice, also pretty rough.

    But what Schumer and Jefferies are doing now, its more defeating than anything before. Its not just a weak resistance, or a paper or performative resistance: its anti-resistance. What Schumer and Jefferies have done, through their insescent weakness, will be long term more damaging to the party than anything that Kamala or Biden did or didn’t do, in-spite of their own obvious and utter failings.

    News flash: The Democrats are throwing the mid-terms. Now. Right fucking now and right in front of you. The blew the fucking election, and now they are putting in double time to blow the next one.

    And you have 0 control or leverage to be able to stop them because they don’t want you in their party. They don’t want to share power with brown people. They don’t want to share power with queer people. They don’t want to share power with immigrants or atheists or scientists or anyone who isn’t an ivy league, beltway insider. They will not be giving over the reigns to the party, no matter how pretty-please with sprinkles on top you ask them. They don’t want to share power with the tent-poles of the big tent party. You are a consumable resource to them. They’re going to throw you and the entire Democratic project under the bus to preserve their posture in a kabuki power game with themselves.

    There is no path to salvation through the Democratic party. To quote Carlin: Its a BIG club, and you ain’t in it.

    There is no path to resistance through the Democratic party. The way things have been done in the past hasn’t worked. You don’t have decades to find your footing and figure out how to stop this.

    You have days, weeks.

    • Gigasser@lemmy.world
      231·
      17 hours ago

      Fuck giving up or defeatism though. Lifetime Opposition just because of spite is the way for me.

      • RivalarrivalEnglish
        20·
        16 hours ago

        Seems more like a call for a Democratic version of the GOP’s Tea Party than “giving up” or “defeatism”.

        Call it the “Guillotine Party” for the applicable social precedent.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
        6·
        16 hours ago

        I think their point isn’t defeatism, but rather that the Democratic party is hopeless. If your plan is lifetime opposition, then do that opposition through an avenue other than the DNC.