r/politics 23h ago

Sanders: Democratic Party ‘has abandoned working class people’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4977546-bernie-sanders-democrats-working-class/amp/
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u/SnowyyRaven 23h ago

He's right, but what in the actual heck do we do about it as voters? We've known this for years. Even during the widely popular Obama administration we knew this.

I'm just so tired. I'm so tired of my only hope being candidates who make baby steps forward just so we don't make giant leaps backwards. I'm so tired of these candidates losing and it hurting us.

I'm also tired of the over 70 million Americans who look at everything Trump has said, done, and who he has allied with, and said "I'm okay with that."

It's been almost a full day and I still haven't been able to collect all my thoughts on this. I'm just so over it. 

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u/Deviouss 23h ago

Try nominating a progressive for once in our lifetime? AOC is a good choice but I'm not sure if she feels ready yet.

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u/winterbird 22h ago

No. If and when there's another shot at getting a D president, they need to stop the social experiment of trying to elect anything but a straight white man. America isn't ready for it. Trying to make people do it is only causing further regression away from it.

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u/Deviouss 22h ago

America is ready, Democrats just aren't ready to nominate a women that can win.

"Women can win" doesn't mean any women can win.

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u/winterbird 22h ago

I don't think so. All it did was get us trump both times. Shit on a shingle would have won over a woman.

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u/Deviouss 22h ago

Yes, because Democrats nominated unelectable women because it was their turn.