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In reply to the discussion: Why?????????? Damn!!!! [View all]BainsBane
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She won't win support until she prioritized income inequality, says one person interviewed.
Excuse me, but I haven't seen anything about income inequality from that wing. I've seen demands fir a $15 non-indexed min wage, but nothing about inequality itself. I've seen demands for "free" college, with absolutely no attention to the rampant inequality that cements generations of poverty. I've seen demands to abandon civil rights and women's rights for "economic justice" for a minority at the expense of increased poverty for the majority of the population.
I'm all for the party's addressing income inequality, but if the progressives truly believe that is a goal, shouldn't they propose something that addresses it?
Note that most of the comments center not on issues or specific actions in her background but her being the candidate of the wrong sort of people. It increasingly seems that issues matter far less than demands to wield power they can't achieve through the consent of voters.
I have no idea if Harris will run in 2020 or who will arise to compete for the nomination. I do find it fascinating that they claim she's been "anointed" when they are the ones who have made her the focus. I wouldn't have even known she was thought of as a potential candidate if not for their targeting her.
And we're suppose to pretend that targeting Harris, Pelosi, Booker, and now even Jim Clyburn is all about issues, when the alternatives supported are to their right.
I'm not buying any if it.