Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) soundly defeated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to become ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, multiple reports indicated Tuesday.

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) soundly defeated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to become ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, multiple reports indicated Tuesday.

  • realcaseyrollinsOPMEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    I’m not sure, I think if you disband the Democratic party, you might not see something replace it, and that’d be bad for democracy. Taking it over from the inside and replacing the old guard like Trump did with the GOP is a better idea.

      • realcaseyrollinsOPMEnglish
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        7 hours ago

        I’m pretty sure someone will do it, though it won’t be nearly as dramatic.

        • Cruxifux@feddit.nlEnglish
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          6 hours ago

          How can you see things likewise can you see things like this and think that’s the way the dems are going? That’s so divorced from reality my guy.

          • realcaseyrollinsOPMEnglish
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            6 hours ago

            Wait you think I was saying that the Democrat Party would lurch towards Progressivism in its next era?

            • Cruxifux@feddit.nlEnglish
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              6 hours ago

              Well my original point was that if it doesn’t then the party is not worth even having.

                • Cruxifux@feddit.nlEnglish
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                  5 hours ago

                  So are you saying they need a right wing takeover? Or just more of the same but just with new faces? Because neither of those things will win them elections.

                  • realcaseyrollinsOPMEnglish
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                    5 hours ago

                    They need to maybe move to the right slightly on social issues, but the Democrat Party’s biggest issues lie in their messaging. They’re political karens. If the mainstream left stops focusing on divisive identity politics and shifts towards more positive messaging about ways to affect change on things most Americans care about–like lowering the cost of living, increasing wages, reducing crime, increasing the quality of healthcare, etc.–they will have a winning formula. Especially in the face of more Trumpian politics, which don’t lean into that in a way that the majority of Americans find appealing (MIHO; he’s popular, but it’s pretty hard to find someone who likes how he tends to state his positions most of the time).

                    Democrats also don’t seem that clear on positions they care passionately about either. On abortion, for example, what’s their exact position? There is consensus on the left that infanticide is bad and abortion is acceptable, but there doesn’t seem to be clear unity of exactly what limits should be placed on abortion. The right was pretty clear with what they wanted on the issue: Roe v. Wade overturned. If you have consensus on an issue like that, and communicate it clearly, that goes a long way. For example, codify first trimester abortions at the federal level.