Furious Democrats are pushing “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to primary Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he agreed to vote with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, according to reports.

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    MAGA took over the Republican Party for a reason

    That reason is that the GOP allowed them to. In 2016 the GOP held an extremely competitive primary and actively embraced MAGA as their new path to success, while the DNC decided to make sure a progressive doesn’t get the nomination again even at the cost of losing the election.

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        The Democratic Party needs to get it through their thick skulls that the voters who make up the margin of victory do not vote in Democratic primaries.

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            They don’t vote in the general for a neoliberal.

            There’s this consistent condescending assumption that the Democrats have that anybody who refuses to vote for a neoliberal would never vote for any possible Democratic candidate, and it just isn’t true.

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                If it means shutting out progressives, you will assume that trump is both right and being honest.

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                  Right? Anything to keep folks from actually making positive change and progress huh? That guy (whose name I don’t need to repeat, pretend I @'d you) is in every thread with frequently terrible takes

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            8 hours ago

            that is true, a small portion dont even vote to avoid jury duty, jury duty is significant enough to affect peoples finances that dont register to vote. JD pays next to nothing for jury duty.

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        22 hours ago

        He didn’t win the primary.

        Congratulations on your victory over the only people you’re interested in defeating.