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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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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago

Everyone over 60 years old should be kicked the fuck out of the party and way be made for younger people who have to actually live in the fucking world being created by them.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 38 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

They should have done this years ago. This opens the party to get republicans playing democrats to take over that party. We have seen this with at least 10 democrats constantly voting with republicans or a democrat completely switching parties during their term. Split the damn party or go home.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 28 points 21 hours ago

Even the complaints against Hogg are just virtue signaling.

No action. Ever.

They are complicit.

[–] mapmyhike@lemmy.world 26 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

How can you say democrats don't do anything?

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

God the 2nd pic is cringe.

[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Why this is not brought up every other day whenever Schumer or Pelosi think they are out of touch, I will never know.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

First picture is Democrat Lollypop Guild

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Bet they do more against primary challengers than they ever have or ever will against fascists.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago

Might as well make a bet if the sun will rise tomorrow.

If they fought against fascists like they do to progressives, Trump wouldn't have had any chance at even the nomination in 2016.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 16 hours ago

“We can’t upset the fascists! We have to think of decorum!”

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

Hogg is 100% right and they are just whining like babies when they should be doing their effing jobs.

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago

We've been past the fume stage for a fucking while

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 21 points 1 day ago

Let them pound sand. These geriatric bastards are incapable of adapting to the malevolence currently destroying everything. We need somebody willing to punch these conservative bastards' teeth down their throats.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I agree with the older Dems, but not for their reasons.

No, we should not support the candidates that Hogg supports. Because Hogg is very opposed to 2A rights, and ipso facto any candidate that he supports will also be opposed to 2A rights. And if you think that we're gonna just vote our way out of this, I've got some very, very bad news for you.

Primary the old fucks with young leftists (hopefully ones that actually understand economics and tax policy)? Absolutely! Primary them with ones that ideologically aligned with Hogg? No.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 12 points 22 hours ago

Once they're primaried, people can vote for whoever is the better candidate.

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[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

LO AND BEHOLD M'LORD.

I was just talking about how the dems are ineffective and have no strategy, and here's another one to add to my list of sources.

[–] SSNs4evr@leminal.space 35 points 1 day ago (7 children)

The old moderate Democrats are not going to change...they keep trying to reach conservatives in a "middle" that keeps moving right. I'd say getting Democrats elected, then replacing them with better democrats in future elections would be the way to go, but there's something to be said for getting nowhere with the same.old.people.in.the.same.old.positions.election.after.election.and.never.gaining.a.meaningful.majoritye. Either the positions or the people need to change. Since the existing people are not willing to change their positions on the issues, people must be the next thing to change. The party needs to progress into the future, with younger, more vital blood.

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[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (12 children)

If the dude can raise $20 million he can do whatever the fuck he wants with it. Crybaby old farts need to get with the times.

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[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

Take traitor Jeffries’s request to Justice Democrats seriously. Unseat that piece of shit while he’s minority leader.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Mistake for who? Not a mistake for me, not a mistake tactically considering the policy and popularity polling, not a mistake when you consider that these people have been suppressing popular and well polling progressive policies and candidates for decades and still managed to lose the presidency and both houses to a goddamn moron…

All of this shit, all of these “reasons” they list in opposition to Hogg’s initiative, they are all bullshit. Bullshit and deflections and distractions from the fact that they are concerned exclusively about the bottom line for their wealthy benefactors, and about their own as well. The irony that is not lost on anyone is that they are the assholes who did this to us in the first place, and would you look at that, Donald Trump is about to hand them a tax cut.

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