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As Trump Attacks the Republic, the Cowardly Democratic Party Still Won't Fight to Win | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/40445063

“How’s the Democratic Party’s ground game in Pennsylvania?” I asked a friend several weeks before the 2024 presidential election. He replied optimistically that there were far more door knockers this year than in 2022.

It turned out these door knockers were just urging a vote for the Democrats without putting forth a compelling agenda attached to candidate commitments on issues that mean something to people where they live, work, and raise their families. There was no Democratic Party “Compact for the American People.” Then-President Joe Biden visited Pennsylvania, which went Republican, many times, with his most memorable message being that he grew up in Scranton.

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Their aversion to building their own momentum to answer the basic questions “Whose side are you on?” and “What does the Democratic Party stand for?” remains as pathetic as it was in 2022 and 2024.

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

P.R.I.M.A.R.I.E.S!

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

D. A. F. F.

Democrats

Always

Fucking

Fold

Its fucking depressing.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 5 points 5 months ago

The state is a velvet glove over a steel gauntlet at our throats.

The current republican regime wants to set the glove on fire and punch us in the face for the pure joy of harming others.

The democrats find that all a little unseemingly and would like to put out the fire and get that smoldering gauntlet back at our throats as soon as possible.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

By Ralph Nader

Oh hey it's that guy

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 points 5 months ago

mern

my politics

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

People really do believe the democratic party is more important then the country itself.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My still to be named third party which isn’t fully formed yet will prevail!

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Reveling in the disenfranchisement of people. With "allies" like this, who needs republicans?