Look at how happy these people are.

[sharedvalues]

Link to tweet

——-

❤️


I’m a Warren girl. But I like Bernie too.


This tweet is a sign we are building an irresistible wave; a conquering political force. This is no longer just about tearing down the GOP (though that has to be done). This is about building our own team, our own positive energy.

Positivity, optimism — these are Democratic values and they are building, despite the dark times.

[George II]

1. That's a shot from the infamous "let's flip this seat red" Instagram video. She and BS were in KC...

....campaigning for Brent Welder, who wound up losing to one of the first two Native Americans elected to Congress, Sharice Davids (Deb Haaland was elected the same day).

[sharedvalues]

2. Brent Welder

This Brent Welder?

Link to tweet

?s=21

[sharedvalues]

3. That's a rightwing MAGA YouTube channel you're posting from

[George II]

4. Your point? It's a 12 second video posted on Instagram by AOC. Don't like it, you know what to do.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

5. I don't think it's good for DU to have rightwing Youtube channels posted here

[George II]

6. Is that video fake? Thank God Sharice Davids won the primary and general election....

She's doing an excellent job as a Democratic Congresswoman.

[LanternWaste]

14. It's a tough old world when accuracy is sacrificed for political purity.

But (and here's the great thing) you can pretend that's not what you did.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

19. Agreed. Truth is really, really important

and amplifying lying Youtube rightwing channels isn't good for DU or our democracy.

[mcar]

7. Yeah, I remember how they campaigned against Davids

[Me.]

9. Why Would They Campaign Against Her?

I don't get it.

[mcar]

12. Not progressive enough in their eyes

At least, that's what I remember.

[Me.]

13. For Pity's Sake

Do we really need a Dem and an almost Dem to keep beating down the Dems? Never a winning strategy, certainly didn't work for him the last time.

[mcar]

15. It didn't work last time

and I doubt it will this time. It's just too bad they help feed the "Dems in Disarray!!11" narrative.

[Celerity]

16. it was a primary, Davids campaigned as progressive, then flipped a bit during then general, which

is understandable as it is a swing district and was held by a Rethug (Yoder.)

Brent Welder was the clear front-runner in the primary, and the moderate (who was backed by DCCC) Andrea Ramsey, dropped out in December due to sexual harassment charges against her. There was no other real opposition to Welder until really late in the game, as Davids jumped into the race months after Ramsey dropped out, was not really gaining traction, but then, like a month before the primary, the DCCC, Emily's List and a few other groups dumped in around a millions USD for Davids in adverts and mailing etc. She started to gain in the polls, and that is when it turned into a bit of a fight, as Bernie and AOC came out to help Welder. David's said she was the more progressive and that did not go over well with the more left elements of the party. She beat Welder in a pretty close race and then won the general, beating the incumbent, Yoder.

The Progressive caucus asked her to join after she won the general and came for orientation, but she turned them down and joined the centrist New Democrat Coalition. She had campaigned as not really supporting Pelosi for Speaker, but at least she changed her mind on that. There is a bit of residual argy bargy between the two sides, due to the way it all went down.

I am just glad we won the seat, but I was under no illusions that David's would be a progressive, despite some here insisting I was not only wrong, but then (ironically as I am a lesbian) one poster (now banned) even trying to slur me by saying I, ME, was anti-LGBTQ simply for saying Davids would end up a moderate. That slur post was hidden, and not by an alert from me, so I felt better then about the board, as I was pretty new back then.

The main issue I have is that Davids has however, unfortunately become an anti-marijuana warrior (even though I do not smoke at all, in fact I hate it, lolol, it is still sorta a big issue for me due to the utter failure and cost of the drug war.) She was one of only 8 Democrats (the other 7 are close to the most conservative Dems in the House) to vote against a bill that blocked the Trump Justice Department from interfering with the 11 states that have legalised it.


http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll370.xml#N

DEMOCRATIC

Henry Cuellar D-TX, No

Sharice Davids D-KS, No

Josh Gottheimer D-NJ, No

Conor Lamb D-PA, No

Collin Peterson D-MN, No

Tom Suozzi D-NY, No

Jeff Van Drew D-NJ, No

Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL, No


Davids has aslo voted against bills that would have

Allow VA Doctors To Recommend Medical Cannabis
Allow States To Legalize Medical Cannabis
Allow States To Legalize Recreational Cannabis
Ended Cannabis Prohibition At Federal Level


But all in all, she is quite good so far, just certainly not a progressive (and TBF, Welder may not have won the general, and also, IF he became a leftie bomb-thrower, he might have been smashed in his first reelection bid.)

[Me.]

17. I Understand What You're Saying

But have no real issue with her and think those other 2 need to be careful as neither are perfect and there have been missteps on both their parts

[Celerity]

18. Bernie is done, AOC will be fine, but it is a pipe dream that they will ever get close to majority

control of the House under the current RW-manipulated, RW gerrymandered, RW voter suppressed system. There are 108 centrists in our Caucus now, ranging from the moderate centre left New Democrat Coalition, then the centre Blue Dogs, and finally the centre to centre-right (in some cases) bi-partisan and very problematic No Labels Problem Solvers. There are so so many seats that are swing, pink, purple and red, that a far left candidate simply cannot win as things stand. All they can do is go after centrists and the few centre-rights left in safe Dem seats, but that is not going to get them anywhere near the numbers they need.

On the other hand, people who advocate running pretty much EVERY (or damn near every) leftist type out are asking for big trouble too, as if you remove all steam-release valves for the far left to vent through, they will just leave and not vote anymore, or start a new left party that has little chance of every winning much, but will have BIG possibilities of fucking up the Democratic Party. A centrist-only-need apply stance is just as much a purity test as anything that some accuse the actual left of having. Now that AOC is established on the national stage, it is foolish to try and think that a defeat of her by some centrist (especially if (and I can NOT see this happening) it were some sort of pile-on by the DCCC et al to smack her out) will result in anything good for our Party. I can most assuredly promise that it will not result in anything of overall benefit for us a Party looked at via a big picture take.

These are the perils of a first-past-the-post majoritarian voting system that has no proportional representation. You must maintain a big tent party. Many on the farthest reaches of both sides of our Party are guilty of not seeing this at times I think.

[brooklynite]

8. A Senator in an absolutely safe State and a Congresswoman in an absolutely safe district...

...do not represent "an irresistible wave".

[TidalWave46]

10. Why in the world would he use that image.

It just makes people think of them working against Sharice Davids and AOC saying we're going to "flip that seat red."

I'm not sure Sanders if firing off on all cylinders. His staff is clearly not. It seems the heart attack has really shaken them.

[NurseJackie]

21. So, AOC wanted the Democrat to LOSE? Is that she meant? WTF?

[PhoenixDem]

11. This will be suicidal in the South and Midwest. n/t

[sharedvalues]

22. Because the south and Midwest are brainwashed by Fox and Limbaugh

And because the rightwing press is running the same multi year smear campaign against AOC that they did against Hillary.

[RandiFan1290]

20. Interesting how much it bothers certain people. nt