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55. No cost. She is reaching out to her people. If she reaches another audience then it would

Fri Nov 13, 2020, 11:52 AM

Nov 2020

be on those other Democrats to reach out to their voters if they happen to decide they prefer her message over theirs. They either change, adapt or don't It's up to them. They don't get to silence her to avoid harming their message. Maybe they should consider that if she harms their support the problem is in their message to their constituency, not her. It's time to accept that politics as usual no longer work. With social media politicians have a much larger reach.

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Rashida Tlaib refuses to stop targeting centrist Democrats: 'I can't be silent' [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP

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Joe Biden won more votes in those districts than They did . She needs to ask why she fell short JI7 Nov 2020 #2

May I suggest the enemy is the Republicans? WA-03 Democrat Nov 2020 #3

Not to wannabe revolutionaries. They NEED disaster and Hortensis Nov 2020 #76

Agree WA-03 Democrat Nov 2020 #85

Exactly. Dems are their enemy in common. Hortensis Nov 2020 #86

I think the 'squad' needs to grow a thicker skin... Spazito Nov 2020 #4

Tlaib is the worst of them kcr Nov 2020 #9

I was shocked when she booed Hillary Clinton along with... Spazito Nov 2020 #11

And Hillary Clinton said nobody likes Bernie wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #95

LOL n/t Spazito Nov 2020 #98

Bernie: "Some people say I am very hard to work with. They say I can be a real betsuni Nov 2020 #99

Sure, but I don't think I've ever wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #106

You must not be familiar with Bernie Sanders! betsuni Nov 2020 #107

Not ME. US.nt sheshe2 Nov 2020 #5

This strategy enables Republicans Dem2 Nov 2020 #6

Exactly, well said PatSeg Nov 2020 #7

Purity. The warm embrace of knowing you have kicked the impure out of your party. Statistical Nov 2020 #12

And yet they aren't so pure themselves. JI7 Nov 2020 #13

Always remember and never forget; it was the ratfucking that gave us tRUMP. abqtommy Nov 2020 #8

Her district is D+32, AOC's is D+29, Omar's D+26 nycbos Nov 2020 #10

I think that's the point wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #96

Yes, Rep. Tlaib, can't you just wait a while longer? gratuitous Nov 2020 #14

lame , Many of us are black and brown people who can't stand this shit . Biden did better than her JI7 Nov 2020 #15

Point not made. Many republicans voted against Trump and for down-ticket republicans. Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #31

Biden won those districts in the Primary against Sanders also JI7 Nov 2020 #34

Where do "they" claim this? Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #38

Biden is more popular JI7 Nov 2020 #40

Your grammar is so bad, I can't understand your point. Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #42

Take a class in English comprehension. marie999 Nov 2020 #66

Take a class in English comprehension ??? Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #90

comprehension - the action or capability of understanding something marie999 Nov 2020 #91

I can define the words without any difficulty. Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #92

Yippee marie999 Nov 2020 #93

What about all the voters that are waiting on representation in Georgia? ahoysrcsm Nov 2020 #20

I got the satire. Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2020 #67

IMO nothing like a passionate Democrat. It's not easy changing the world. walkingman Nov 2020 #16

The World is Changing! Joe Biden & Kamala Cha Nov 2020 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #59

it would be a lot better.... quickesst Nov 2020 #17

The squad needs to huddle with their caucus instead of broad brushing the entire party LeftInTX Nov 2020 #18

I'll repeat my comment about AOC... brooklynite Nov 2020 #19

Real progressives in swing districts were more competitive than centrists wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #97

Their Districts are so Blue Willto Nov 2020 #21

And you have 70m Americans who are in a RW echo chamber, where crazy talk from the far left OnDoutside Nov 2020 #25

She's correct, the Squad is unfairly demonized radius777 Nov 2020 #22

They can speak all they want. This is America. They have that right. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 #23

I see more purity from the moderate-centrist side JonLP24 Nov 2020 #24

Who do you mean by "moderate-centrist side"? betsuni Nov 2020 #29

Joe Biden & Kamala Harris got 77 Million Cha Nov 2020 #30

Spanberger was screaming in a conference call while Tlaib was reasoned and calm JonLP24 Nov 2020 #32

We have the "magic" of Joe Biden's 2020 Cha Nov 2020 #35

It was Spanberger and others JonLP24 Nov 2020 #39

Wasn't Tlaib who Booed Hillary.. that Cha Nov 2020 #43

Yeah, it was her PatSeg Nov 2020 #87

P.S. PatSeg Nov 2020 #89

We already have the magic with Biden and Harris Winning. JI7 Nov 2020 #37

Yes.. not sure why that doesn't Cha Nov 2020 #44

That's just a silly statement. the moderate centrist side just want the far left to moderate their OnDoutside Nov 2020 #79

What's with this "Squad" moniker anyway ? What does that achieve ? OnDoutside Nov 2020 #26

Us against Them. betsuni Nov 2020 #27

That's what they named themselves.. Cha Nov 2020 #33

I'm sure the RWNJ purveyors of bullshit to the masses are grateful ! OnDoutside Nov 2020 #41

From what I heard, Jamaal510 Nov 2020 #101

They are not demonized for being outspoken women of color dansolo Nov 2020 #51

Sanders receives a fraction of the vitriol that they do, radius777 Nov 2020 #52

LOL Sanders gets criticized here as often as anyone else... Spazito Nov 2020 #72

Here, maybe. But in general Sanders radius777 Nov 2020 #94

Exactly! Mahalo for your Cha Nov 2020 #109

They played it up too. OnDoutside Nov 2020 #81

I think this article is written in such a way as to stir up trouble. Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #36

Which is something no one asked them to do. What they WERE asked to do, is to give an extra few OnDoutside Nov 2020 #46

Who is asking them to be quiet? aidbo Nov 2020 #84

In 2018, my newly minted Dem congressman DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #45

In NJ-9, we have one of those progressive democrats. no_hypocrisy Nov 2020 #47

This, from the folk who almost gave us a different Presidential nominee empedocles Nov 2020 #48

The 'Squad' is going for national recognition again - via rw media empedocles Nov 2020 #49

Defund the police and socialism killed a number of candidates who shpuld had won Gothmog Nov 2020 #50

Both of which are Republican boogy men Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2020 #70

Tlaib is LITERALLY a socialist mathematic Nov 2020 #80

You are wrong-we lost seats dues to these bogeymen Gothmog Nov 2020 #88

Yes indeed. Nothing like creating memes & slogans for Dems that play right into GOP hands. nt Hekate Nov 2020 #103

She has no need or reason to be silent. She can speak her truth, that's why she was elected. nt Autumn Nov 2020 #53

AT what cost to the Dem Novembers empedocles Nov 2020 #54

No cost. She is reaching out to her people. If she reaches another audience then it would Autumn Nov 2020 #55

That was the mentality that almost got us Sanders losing to and re-electing trump empedocles Nov 2020 #56

. . . and the House empedocles Nov 2020 #57

Not true. Sanders worked like crazy to get rid of Trump. It's no longer politics as usual. nt Autumn Nov 2020 #58

Sanders would have lost to trump as the Dem presidential nominee empedocles Nov 2020 #61

That's your opinion not a fact and The discussion which I addressed that you are ignoring is Autumn Nov 2020 #64

Same problem empedocles Nov 2020 #65

She will force the party to move to the right...and become even more moderate. Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #62

I disagree. Older voters may not like it but younger voters do like what these progressives Autumn Nov 2020 #69

Not in every state. And in the near term the squad message will not help us win elections. Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #73

In that respect Dems like Manchin aren't going to help us win us elections in other states either. Autumn Nov 2020 #78

Right. In other threads people are twisting themselves into pretzels to defend Machin Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2020 #71

We know why Machin can speak his truth and the progressive women should shut up. Autumn Nov 2020 #75

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I'm not sure that refusing not to express one's opinion on behalf of one's district... LAS14 Nov 2020 #63

The national interest in getting rid of trump is huge, like world war. The local, district interest empedocles Nov 2020 #83

Her comment is dumb. Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #68

She is helping us win the Senate, bigly. Boogiemack Nov 2020 #74

I lulz'd KG Nov 2020 #77

Post removed Post removed Nov 2020 #82

Timing is everything. herding cats Nov 2020 #100

Oh dear gods. Your last paragraph says it all, Yo Mama... Hekate Nov 2020 #102

Not sure why she doesn't know that.. Cha Nov 2020 #104

+1 betsuni Nov 2020 #105

Cool, she should cross Lake Michigan and run for the senate election in WI Eid Ma Clack Shaw Nov 2020 #108