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In reply to the discussion: "pure poison from Senator Sanders"... [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)its democratic principles and systems, against the greatest threats to our democracy since the Civil War.
In the middle of this is a small dissident group fighting not to defend our liberal democracy against that enormous existential threat, but fighting the defenders of democracy for power.
This cause that so inspires you is being lead by a dissident populist leader who tried to overset democracy by setting aside the votes of millions of Democrats and having himself appointed our nominee.
A man whose attacks against the Democratic Party are promoted by the Republican Party, right-wing kleptocrat billionaires, the right-wing media, and Russia's kleptocratic authoritarian government.
This populist leader's actions and the kind of people who are promoting him belie the commitment to democracy he and they claim. He already tried to steal an election to put him in power, and both his remnant radical followers and his populist followers supported him in that and still do.
By his actions we know him.