Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
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Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, in exchange for vague assurances of a vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies that amount to nothing. But my reporting finds that at the Thursday meeting of the […]

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How the Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    402·
    13 hours ago

    yeah but AOC is someone the public could get behind as a genuine crusader for the small fry.

    DNC historically backstabs people like that the hardest, in order to push the totally-not-republican-in-everything-but-name candidate on America.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      75·
      13 hours ago

      The DNC backstabs those folks if they run for President, but would have no problem backing a certain victory for a Senate seat.

        • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
          42·
          12 hours ago

          Well, they tried to, but he won, and now they are all going to cozy up to him as long as he keeps winning