@TokenBoomer to politics • 2 years agoA Longtime Political Organizer in AOC’s District Says She’s the Real Dealwww.thenation.comexternal-linkmessage-square29arrow-up1136arrow-down124file-textcross-posted to: politics
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkA Longtime Political Organizer in AOC’s District Says She’s the Real Dealwww.thenation.com@TokenBoomer to politics • 2 years agomessage-square29file-textcross-posted to: politics
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoShe needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable. That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.
minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish1•2 years agoThe party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoProgressives need to be so infested in the party that you can’t do that.
minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish2•2 years agoIt’s neat how even centrists’ opposition to progressives is progressives’ fault.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 years agoWhat, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? I’m not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on.
minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish3•2 years ago What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap? Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.
She needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable.
That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.
The party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.
Progressives need to be so infested in the party that you can’t do that.
It’s neat how even centrists’ opposition to progressives is progressives’ fault.
What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap?
I’m not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on.
Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.