The Democratic votes on the pair of resolutions from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., were not enough to overcome universal opposition from Republicans.
Still, the votes represented a watershed moment in the party’s relationship with Israel and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel had continued to enjoy strong support from Democratic leaders, despite outrage from the base over the war on Gaza. Sanders said the votes signaled that party leaders are finally taking note.
“This is where the American people are. The polls are very clear: The overwhelming majority of American people do not want to continue to give weapons to Netanyahu and his horrific wars in the Mideast,” he said. “I think the Democrats have caught on to that. It took a little while, but they caught on to that. But Republicans, I think, are standing in opposition to millions of their own supporters.”
Leftists will vote for leftists
How will leftists vote for leftists if leftists won’t run?
Cornel west is* a leftist
If anything, that’s only an argument against running as an independent in a presidential election. Also, it helps the republicans win.
Besides, naming one or two leftists who have run for office isn’t much of an argument against the fact that most state, local, and congressional elections don’t have any leftists or progressives running in the primaries.
If you want the democratic party to fix itself, show it that progressive/leftist policy is a winning campaign strategy. That’s how the system works, and like it or not, if you don’t participate in it then you don’t get to complain when it doesn’t go your way.
Doesn’t every state have a green party? And most have communist parties?
I don’t want the Democrats to go left. They’ve always been Conservative, and moving them to the center would be an enormous, unlikely, and a huge waste of resources
How many seats on the ballot in each of those states have a candidate from one of those parties?
Also, DSA are a caucus within the Democratic party. If you think DSA are conservatives, then I might as well put my brain in the microwave for all the good it’ll do trying to reason with you.