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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats who are being applauded vs Democrats who are being criticized
AOC and Jasmine Crockett are routinely applauded by Democrats because they are matching the anger and fight that the voters feel and want.
Schumer, Fetterman and Newsom are critized often because they seem to want to play nice and work with the fascists and the voters aren't feeling that at all.
All Democrats should take notice of this. The signs are there on what the voters are looking for in leadership.
gab13by13
(32,321 posts)You are comparing 10 (including 1 from the House) vs all the rest. All the rest were opposed to the CR.
Quiet Em
(2,936 posts)but also opposed to voting for cloture. Those 11 people were in a very small minority.
But this is about more than the CR. It's about finding leaders who match the will of the people. We elect them to serve as our voice and representation.
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)I've been a registered Democrat since 1965. The Left/Right/Center squabbles have never ceased.
Quiet Em
(2,936 posts)People all across the Democratic ideological spectrum are angry about Trump and Republicans and what they are doing to our country and it's people.
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)It's certainly not a polite and civil discussion of differences of opinion.
Quiet Em
(2,936 posts)If the reference is about the spectrum within the Democratic Party, I'm not seeing a squabble because everyone is angry. There are no Democrats who are ok with what Trump is doing.
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)doc03
(39,086 posts)is on a book tour.
Quiet Em
(2,936 posts)People are ticked off and he knows it.
alarimer
(17,146 posts)Which bothers me a lot for some reason. I think these are not normal times and they shouldn't be behaving as if it was