I'm damn tired of rich people with ulterior motives trying to hijack the Democratic platform.

[Jim Lane]

38. We don't seem to be all that far apart.

You write, "My question. Who are these 'progressives' who disagree with civil rights?"

Funny, I was going to ask you the same thing.

You're the one who said that such people weren't liberals. Did you have anyone in mind? I personally don't see any significant bloc of liberals or progressives who claim that title because they're generally supportive of the left's goals but who disagree with civil rights.

(Footnote:There might be a limited exception in the case of abortion. Some Christians, the ones who read the Sermon on the Mount instead of Leviticus, believe in helping the poor and living in peace with other countries. For that reason they support an array of progressive policies. Unfortunately, however, their religious views also lead them to oppose reproductive rights. Senator Bob Casey is on the left on many issues, and even on some civil rights issues (having supported repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, for example), but says that "Roe v. Wade" should be overturned. Frankly, I have little interest in arguing about what label(s) should be applied to him. I'm glad to have his vote against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and against confirming Neil Gorsuch, but, in the unlikely event that he runs for the Democratic nomination for President, I'll oppose him on civil rights grounds.)

As for Trump, I don't see any difficulty. He's not a progressive. I voted against him. I'd guess that everyone on DU voted against him except for the handful of sympathetic foreigners who post here but who can't vote. The "vague innuendo" I referred to wasn't Trump's markedly non-vague statements, but rather the posts on DU that, I'm guessing, prompted the OP in this thread.