@jeffw to politics • 3 months agoAOC defeats moderate challenger in Democratic primarywww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square148arrow-up1879arrow-down110
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•3 months agoIn the rest of the Western world, AOC would be considered a moderate.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoI wouldn’t have a problem with liberals calling themselves the left if they knew why that was different from being a leftist
minus-square@Syrclink1•3 months agoWould she? I’m not that informed on her politics but I think Bernie supported her, and Bernie is definitely a progressive even by rest-of-the-world standards.
In the rest of the Western world, AOC would be considered a moderate.
Welcome to the US where the left is still right of center
I wouldn’t have a problem with liberals calling themselves the left if they knew why that was different from being a leftist
Would she? I’m not that informed on her politics but I think Bernie supported her, and Bernie is definitely a progressive even by rest-of-the-world standards.