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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    20 days ago

    Fuck that…AOC and the rest of the progressives need to make their own party. The Ds are done.

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      As long as the US uses a first-past-the-post system, third parties will not be viable. The only REAL way to go forward is to take over the Democratic party and push it left. We’ll see how it goes…

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        The US has always had two parties, but it hasn’t always had the same two parties. Creating a new party that’s successful is entirely possible, if doing so completely destroys one of the existing parties in the process.

        For example, the Whig Party emerged after the Federalist Party collapsed, and the Republican Party emerged after the Whig Party collapsed.

        See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States

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        As long as the US uses a first-past-the-post system, third parties will not be viable.

        Democrats don’t have to field candidates if they’re so damned scared about splitting the vote. It’s not like they’re particularly interested in winning anyway.

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      MAGA took over the Republican Party for a reason if the progressives were able to organize their way out of a paper bag they could do it themselves.

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        if the progressives were able to organize their way out of a paper bag

        Well, join them.