Swing district Democrats consider association with AOC toxic for reelection

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45. Don't turn reasonable statements into nonsense. She's not even a blip

on the radar warning of the giant forces ranged against democracy on the right.

In fact, all the anti-Democratic and socialist fringe movements together are a problem only as their hostility against the powerful progressive Democratic Party aids the enormous forces for white Christian nationalism and fascism on the right.

In these anxious, frightening times, however, their usual combined 10% or so was able to draw a few more percentages of support, and worse to undermine the beliefs of many who didn't vote, to throw the nation to the Republicans in 2016. Even the less hostile ones knew that was possible and did it anyway. Those who continue don't regard destroying their own claimed agenda as a mistake or feel even the slightest remorse at what they've brought on everyone.

Crazy, very dangerous times.

Our children and their children will ask us, ‘What did you do? What did you say?’ For some, this vote may be hard. But we have a mission and a mandate to be on the right side of history.” ~ John Lewis