Socialist Chaos Trow@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoGeorgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruzwww.wsbtv.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down119
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkGeorgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruzwww.wsbtv.comSocialist Chaos Trow@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareSocialist Chaos Trow@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·1 day agoAnd I am saying that Democrats (and Republicans) don’t really want that to happen, or they would have made it happen already.
minus-squareBaron Von J@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoThe Tea Party successfully shifted the Republican party farther right by running and winning in their primaries. Why is it inconceivable that progressives can do the same in the Democratic primaries?
minus-squareSocialist Chaos Trow@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·edit-21 day agoIt’s not inconceivable, but I think it’s improbable. So I’m not voting for them. Why haven’t they done it yet?
minus-squareBaron Von J@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoBecause there haven’t been primary candidates winning their primaries on that issue. They won’t do it as a party.
And I am saying that Democrats (and Republicans) don’t really want that to happen, or they would have made it happen already.
The Tea Party successfully shifted the Republican party farther right by running and winning in their primaries. Why is it inconceivable that progressives can do the same in the Democratic primaries?
It’s not inconceivable, but I think it’s improbable. So I’m not voting for them. Why haven’t they done it yet?
Because there haven’t been primary candidates winning their primaries on that issue. They won’t do it as a party.