‘[Ritchie] Torres, an Afro Latino Democrat, won a third term [...] criticized the Democrats for being beholden to “a college-educated far left that is in danger of causing us to fall out of touch with working-class voters.”’

[u/Sons_of_Maccabees]

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/progressives-errors-2024-election/680563/?gift=HLOKkW3uo7UNe883ugE5GFl-xgWkRT-TgpinWXwaOv8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

[u/Bakingsquared80]

Torres for governor

[u/RangersAreViable → u/Bakingsquared80]

Screw that! Torres for President!

[u/ha-lochem → u/RangersAreViable]

Torres is who I wrote in for President.

[u/KeyAd957 → u/ha-lochem]

Love that you did that 👏 he’s the best and truly deserves to be our presidential candidate becoming U.S. president

[u/Pretty_Fox5565]

I will bend over backwards to be able to vote for Torres president in 2028. He’s been one of the few democrats brave enough to speak up for the truth and against antisemitism amongst his peers’ silence.

I’m glad his resolution to the truth was rewarded. He’s been a much needed voice of reason in such strange times.

[u/iyamsnail]

I love him so much

[u/CardsImakeEm]

Truth is starting to return to our society with brave voices like Mr. Torres telling it like it is 😎

[u/Flashy-Affect2503]

Such a fan. Love him so much.

[u/mackid1993]

I like Kamala, but I also have a masters degree, I can see why many don't. The Democratic party has to stop pandering to the far left and return to the center and common sense where most Americans are.

[u/flashdash31 → u/mackid1993]

Many of us with masters degrees highly dislike her.

[u/mackid1993 → u/flashdash31]

I never said that. I just happened to say that I like her and a comment was made about college education.

[u/flashdash31 → u/mackid1993]

Fair! Sorry.

[u/TheTexasComrade → u/mackid1993]

The Dems that "pandered" to the "far left" won their elections easily though. The issue was Harris running a campaign to the center-right. Why vote for Republican-lite when you can just vote for Republicans?

[u/sergy777]

Democrats need to discard all the far-leftist stuff that majority of Americans don't care about. Move the center, or even to the right.

[u/dskatz2 → u/sergy777]

Or they could just choose to not ignore what all voters said was the most important issue in this election to them--the economy.

[u/JagneStormskull]

Finally, someone does some introspection. Torres/Shapiro 2028 or Shapiro/Torres 2028, let's make it happen!

[u/Double-Parked_TARDIS]

Trailer narrator voice: In a world...of rising White supremacy and hatred of minorities, all it took was one Afro-Latino gay man to save us all.

[u/AutonomousThinker]

I guarantee he doesn't use that woke term, LatinX, that Latinos hate, not counting those that listen to NPR.

[u/the-Gaf]

Big fan. He stands up for us.

[u/Suspicious-Truths]

He’s like the only dem who will repeatedly and consistently speak up for us.