If progressives are blaming the over-turning of Roe on "establishment" Democrats, I suggest they [View all]

[JohnSJ]

a real hard look in the mirror at what happened in 2016 when the Supreme Court was at stake, and how many went out of there way to undermine Hillary when she was running in the general election in 2016.

"WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that Roe v. Wade is nullified – along with the reproductive rights it enshrined for women – progressives are increasing pressure on Democratic Party leaders to rip up their old playbook. They say two things are clear: 1. Roe was ripped away on their watch, and 2. they have no concrete plan to reinstate it.

A case in point, to increasingly restive progressives, is that even after the Roe decision was leaked back in May, Democratic Party leaders continued to support anti-abortion Texas incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar over his progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros. That runoff divided establishment Democrats from the party’s growing ranks of progressives, many of whom are inspired and supported by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

“This is why we do this,” AOC told reporters – as she clapped and stomped her foot for emphasis – just minutes after the Supreme Court formally abolished Roe, “and this is why sometimes the isolation from the caucus and the targeting from leadership and all this stuff, that's why it's worth it, because this isn't about the Democratic Party of today. This is about the Democratic Party of tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that, and we really need to start reassessing how big this tent really is.”

https://www.rawstory.com/aoc-on-abortion/

What Ocasio-Occana doesn't seem to GET repeatedly, is that NOT every geographical place is on the same page with them. Case in point, in the Cuellar race, he has a better chance in the general election than Cisneros in THAT DISTRICT.

Funny that their memories are so convenient that they seem to forget when Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed the anti-abortion candidate Heath Mellow.

More importantedly though, when we are this close to the midterms, she somehow feels it is imperative to push this theme.