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BComplex

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14. There is a contingent of very conservative democrats on DU, as well as in congress.

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #10)

Wed Jun 24, 2020, 07:04 AM

Jun 2020

They got there because the country had turned so far to the right. We used to call them "republican lite", because that described their positions on things. I've always believed that, if the democrats started going back to our roots, what is "considered" by the media as "far left", that we'd start bringing the voters out in droves. It was all the leaning to the right that kept most of the country home on election day. The move to the right was for very many people, the death of hope.

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NY 16: Jamaal Bowman 60.9%, Engel 35.6% with 92% counted. [View all] Hortensis Jun 2020 OP

And they called out all the bigwigs for Engel too. PoliticAverse Jun 2020 #1

This was in the wind, and I guarantee our bigwigs are already Hortensis Jun 2020 #2

You won't rescue a nation without getting the younger voters on board. gab13by13 Jun 2020 #7

I sure hope so! eom BComplex Jun 2020 #13

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Post removed Post removed Jun 2020 #3

These people are idiots? BeyondGeography Jun 2020 #4

Yes. We are idiots. (I was in a line like that. What's your point?) Squinch Jun 2020 #6

Speak for yourself RandiFan1290 Jun 2020 #8

Well, every 2 years new people head to congress, Hortensis Jun 2020 #5

I don't think anyone recruited him to be a bomb JonLP24 Jun 2020 #9

People like AOC and Bowman gab13by13 Jun 2020 #11

Well said. jcgoldie Jun 2020 #12

Do you consider Bowman an extremist? gab13by13 Jun 2020 #10

There is a contingent of very conservative democrats on DU, as well as in congress. BComplex Jun 2020 #14

Yeah, well, I've always been a strong liberal and Hortensis Jun 2020 #17

The further the Republicans move to the right so does the center JonLP24 Jun 2020 #20

What is politically middle might shift, but when I speak Hortensis Jun 2020 #21

To state a should be obvious fact Tom Rinaldo Jun 2020 #18

Re. "This district will lose the special perks a powerful rep was able to get for them..." liskddksil Jun 2020 #15

Some districts are more equal than others. nt. Mariana Jun 2020 #19

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