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[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 57 points 4 weeks ago (23 children)

And then Harris completely disappeared as soon as the election was over, failing to challenge his extremely questionable victory in any meaningful way

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

She was a weak candidate and had very little political capital, it was a wild shot, but she was just a better choice than Biden. The dem party has almost ZERO strong presidential leadership that the general, liberal or progressive population can connect with, and I'm pretty sure it's by design.

AOC might have a chance of rising and gaining prominence but she's still regarded broadly as "too young" to do more than take a senate seat, which would be great either way. Zhoran Mamdani is going to be a titan on the left if he survives the concerted efforts of zionist liberal America to melt his efforts, but if he succeeds he's going to be busy in New York for years to come. David Hogg isn't going to lead the nation, but he IS making worthless old dems literally cry, so there is some marginal hope for a rally by next midterms.

But we also may not have midterms at this point. We're edging closer to martial law and general, fascist, authoritarian dictatorship, and the best we're getting from Dem leadership is "strongly worded letters" from Chuck "Less Than Worthless" Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries likes to reiterate that "Trump has a mandate" and is basically Schumer's little shadow. Cory Booker gained national attention by doing a publicity stunt to literally promote a book. Bernie Sanders is still a voice of power and influence but he's definitely past the window of electability, sadly.

We need better representation and that doesn't spawn from nowhere, we need people on the ground, getting involved in local community, city and county elections so that real people with real passion get national attention. It's not that they don't exist, it's that the left and liberals broadly are sitting on their hands waiting for something to be presented to them.

We have to get out of the "someone will do something" mindset and get out and DO stuff, even if it's just joining the protests right now.

[–] AlreadyDefederated@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Instead of AOC (however much I love her and her message) I'm thinking Whitmer would be better and has a great track record. Walz would be stronger than AOC, if they let him hammer 'em with his wit. Andy Beshear would totally freak the GOP out and would be a great choice.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Walz is a zionist. So is Pritzger. A zionist wont win.

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