1. What the fuck is Nancy Pelosi doing?
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4. The less charitable explanation, argued by
@zachdcarter, is that the old New York machine, still smarting from AOC's win, is seeking payback & also trying, in the words of Mel Brooks, to preserve their phoney-baloney jobs. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/nancy-pelosi-has-lost-control_n_5d2cb605e4b032ea741220ad …Show this thread -
5. Another way to look at this is Pelosi is using the old triangulation model: situating herself as the vital center in opposition to the extreme right (Trump) and the supposedly extreme left (the Squad0.
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6. Leaving aside whatever ideological objections one might have to triangulation, the problem is Pelosi is pursuing triangulation in an age of polarization. Trump isn't afraid to rile up his side & push extreme policies while triangulation waters down opposition
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7. In an age of polarization, triangulation is really self-strangulation. I pursue the argument here: https://www.thenation.com/article/pelosi-trump-squad-moderate/ …
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Give her time. She’ll get there.
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House Democrats just voted to raised the minimum wage to $15. What else do you want them to do? Seize the means of production?
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It falls in line with her personal politics and desired goals of the party as well
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You've confused Democratic voters and Democratic activists.
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