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Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg's plan to spend $20 million to primary older Democratic incumbents in Congress has sparked intense anger from some lawmakers.

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 107 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What the FUCK did they think would happen after the most catastrophic election loss in a generation? The DNC and Democratic leadership should have enough of a sense of the gravity of the situation we’re in to resign in shame. Instead they have the audacity to complain?? Seriously, understand how big of a failure you’ve been a part of and actually DO SOMETHING to help solve it.

[–] freshcow@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is the same Democratic party leadership that ran Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's campaigns. The same Democratic party leadership that cares more about stopping Bernie Sanders than about stopping Donald Trump. They know who's side they are on, and it's not the same side as you and me. The Democratic party is unfortunately rotten to the core, and it's all about the money. Imagine the concept of regulatory capture applied to politicians broadly and you will understand the modern Democratic party and the state of our government. We need a party built from the ground up to represent the working class, whether it be from the ashes of the Democratic party or otherwise. Primary them at every turn or run independent campaigns where feasible. The other challenge is that mainstream media is owned by the same corporate masters, so it will be an uphill battle regardless.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago

This is the same Democratic party leadership that ran Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's campaigns.

Yes but no. The people who won the party leadership elections a few months ago are not neoliberal establishment dems. They're the kind of people who would, for instance, spend 20 million dollars to primary ineffectual establishment democrats.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is the same Democratic party leadership that ran Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s campaigns.

Hogg has been vice chair of the DNC for like two months...

How is he responsible for what the old guard did when almost all of them got the boot months ago?

[–] freshcow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I should have been more clear. The post I'm replying to said "what the fuck did THEY think would happen"... which I took to mean the (presumably older establishment) dems that are whining about Hogg's call for primaries. That's who I'm talking about.