Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

  • DreamerOfImprobableDreams
    4•1 year ago

    That was “moderate” party leaders trying to sabotage a progressive at any cost.

    Wait, what? I thought Jimmy Carter was considered really progressive for his time. And Ted Kennedy wasn’t some perfect progressive hero, he had some pretty major blemishes on his record like Chappaquiddik. So I always saw it as more pointless infighting than any kind of centrist-vs-progressive showdown like 2016.

    Then again, my parents were in high school when all this was going down, so my knowledge is obviously pretty limited, lol.

    • @givesomefucks
      12•1 year ago

      I thought Jimmy Carter was considered really progressive for his time

      Which is why he got a primary challenger…

      • DreamerOfImprobableDreams
        3•1 year ago

        From Ted Kennedy, who was also extremely progressive for his time. 1980 was progressive vs progressive (which is part of how Reagan was able to win so decisively in the general, by portraying himself as being a centrist-- even though nothing could be further from the truth).