@SeanCasten I know you or your staff reads replies to your always illuminating threads, so I hope someone will see this post.
Politico reports that David Hogg plans to use his perch at the DNC to find candidates to primary elected Dems who don't meet his standards.
Can someone please read him the riot act?
"David Hogg...is pledging to upend Democratic primaries by funding candidates who will challenge 'ineffective, asleep-at-the-wheel' Dems."
>> Politico reports that #DavidHogg plans to use his perch at the #DNC to find candidates to primary #electedDemocrats who don't meet his standards. Can someone please read him the riot act?
>> "David Hogg...is pledging to upend #Democratic primaries by funding candidates who will challenge 'ineffective, asleep-at-the-wheel' Dems."
Exactly! 'ineffective, asleep-at-the-wheel' Dems
@rameshgupta @SeanCasten Yes, we're in an existential crisis but let's put valuable resources into fighting Democrats publicly instead of highlighting the corruption, cruelty and ineptitude of this admin and the Republicans in Congress. We could be building a 50-state strategy & preparing for redistricting but internecine warfare is so much more exciting.
My gosh, we've lost our minds.
>> My gosh, we've lost our minds
I agree.
>> Yes, we're in an existential crisis but let's put valuable resources into fighting Democrats publicly instead of highlighting the corruption, cruelty and ineptitude of this admin.
The fallacy is these are not mutually exclusive. One can be critical of 'ineffective, asleep-at-the-wheel' Dems AND highlight cruelty of #Trump admin, no?
[update: misread the last part of the message and deleted response to that part. sorry]
from article >> …will not back primary challenges in battleground districts because “I want us to win the majority,” nor will it target members solely based on their age.
“We have a culture of seniority politics that has created a litmus test of who deserves to be here,” Hogg said. “We need people, regardless of their age, that are here to fight.”
Hogg did name-check two exceptions: #Pelosi and #Schakowsky… He described them as “fighters who are delivering.”
Makes sense
⬆️ #HitAndRun by @tobie1 who doesn't know what "exception" means.
Hogg said “We need people, regardless of their age" and cited #Pelosi & #Schakowsky as exceptional fighters.
Don't know where tobie "old-fashioned" got the idea that Hogg was advocating age as the "only criterion" or that Schakowsky "failed to do her job".
We've indeed lost our minds, and with that, reading, comprehension, and critical thinking skills.
One reason we are in this mess is because we fail to #acknowledgeTheProblem
⬆️ @tobie1 >> #Hogg is short-sighted, inexperienced, & doctrinaire. He needs to go.
#Democrats are already more disorganized. We don’t have #coordination & shared knowledge because of lack of #leadership…
#Democratic #opposition faces its own version of #Trump’s temptation to humiliate and subjugate defectors from the other side, rather than welcoming them in.
Welcome in the strayed sheep…
…build your coalition and do everything you can to minimize defections from it
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/absolute-power-can-be-a-terrible
tobie
Ramesh #NotGoingBack