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In reply to the discussion: Other than Katie Porter & a couple others, the Democratic Party STILL doesn't know how to fight back [View all]Sympthsical
(8,865 posts)Republicans utilize and motivate their right flank. Those people vote. When the Tea Party rose, there was some grousing from the higher up Establishment Republicans, but they got over it and quickly. They co-opted them.
Compare that to our party. Someone like AOC cannot open her mouth before the moderate and conservative portions of the party go after her. Our Left is where our energy is. You can't hate the Left as much as you hate Republicans and still have a party that is successful at unified and effective political messaging.
AOC is incredibly popular with voters 40 and under. She understands the issues facing my generation and the Zoomers. She knows the future we're facing. If she acts and speaks with urgency, it is because these issues are urgent.
Instead of unleashing that power unapologetically, the center piles on as soon as there's a murmur.
We cannot have a functioning Big Tent when the Right door is being left wide open while the Left one is being feverishly sewn shut. We've had nearly 40 years of this. It hasn't worked. Look at the state we're in. Yes, Republicans pushed for this disrepair, but we elect and trust Democrats to defeat it. If they cannot defeat it, at least keep it in check. That just hasn't happened. Inequality, health care, the environment. You name it. Republicans have had their way with us.
If people can honestly look at the country we live in and figure our approach to messaging should remain just as it is, I don't know what to say to them. Definition of insanity and all that.