House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration’s authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

  • Barbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 hours ago

    I disagree with calling her a clown, but I do worry that it would be hard to get the american populace behind her as that is not an uncommon opinion. A large part of it is likely based on her gender and age, if she was a 60-year old white man with the same ideas, we likely wouldn’t have this problem.

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      7 hours ago

      “Kamala lost because she’s a woman of color!” was always a pretext for shutting out AOC.

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      10 hours ago

      There might be some advantage in electability advantage for old white guys but the outcome doesn’t really seem worth the effort.

      AOC would certainly have a bunch of biases to overcome but from everything I can see, she would be a great leader. She seems to have a solid understanding of many spheres including economics, international relations, people, politics, marketing and more. She also seems to prioritize the good of the people over her own power or pocketbook.

      She might be harder to get in but it’s absurd to dismiss her as a clown.