Progressives storm Democratic primaries

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165. Imo, serious judgement and behavior issues among a minority.

A minority, but a very noisy one insisting they were The Only True Progressives, so this was implicit from the start.

Our Declaration of Independence and constitution establish progressive government, as Abe Lincoln expressed it 50 or so years later, "government of, by and for the people." All liberal western democracies are progressive.

Virtually all political liberals are progressive by definition, as well as a large majority of America's liberal party--the Democratic Party.

Right there any thoughtful person is going to know that a "movement" that styles itself as The Only Real, True Capital-P Progressives and sets itself to fighting and defeating other progressives -- and their progressive goals! -- is going to dirty the word bad.

For just one example, after 2016, 2017 became the year of demanding the repeal of the Democrats' progressive ACA with no chance of replacing it, while the Republican leadership was doing its best to repeal with no intention of replacing it. Where's the "progressive" principle in that?

For another in 2017, during special elections their organizaitons not only didn't support most Democratic candidates but in a few cases acted against leading Democratic candidates, even when they had no candidate of their own who were running against Republicans in the elections. Many were actively unhappy when Democrats beat Republicans. How this advance progressivism? It doesn't.

They need a name, of course, just wish they'd chosen Harry or George.