"For every Republican moderate we lose, we gain hundreds of young voters and people who usually don't vote at all" -Chuck Schumer, never 2035
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The elusive moderate republican in the Pennsylvania suburbs. Schumer will be all over this tweet.
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"For every one voter we lose in western Pennsylvania, we pick up two in the Philadelphia suburbs. And the same goes for OH-i-O and WIS-consin, and MI-chigan." Party activists start to feel like fools when bigwigs make 90's noises about "moderation", when they mean "no policy".
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There it is!!!
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I found the exact quote: "“For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin.” I forgot about the dig against "blue-collar" D's.
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This strategy was obvious, but Schumer was not supposed to actually say it out loud. You are supposed to pretend to be a progressive and a "leftist", then justify your crazy shift to the right with "realism" and "pragmatism" and "gets stuff done".
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The delusion that there will be a “coming together” if we moderate. If that were going to happen, it would have happened. Democrats have been “moderating” for over thirty years.
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Moderating themselves into mass incarceration for POC, moderating themselves into puppets for pharmaceutical & healthcare companies, & moderating themselves into cozy lobbyist positions once they're done pretending to be progressive.
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Democrats should rightfully tell Comey to go fuck himself, but also realize what Comey is advising is what Hillary did right after Bernie conceded to her: Shun progressives & appease the centrist Dems + 'moderate GOP'.
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And yet “moderate Republican” they won’t break from Trump. Ever. It is a unicorn.
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I think this was established in 2016, when Chuck Schumer did that sing-songy, "for every voter we lose in western Pennsylvania, we pick up two in the suburbs of Philadelphia. And the same goes for O-HI-o and WIS-consin and MI-chigan . . ." How'd that work out for us?
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Ain't no one losing their minds,
#Comey. The current ruling ideology of corporate socialism for the rich & neoliberalism for working folk which you seem ok with is immoral. The current maldistribution of wealth & power is building a new 21st century Left. Get used to it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Running a centrist in 2016 worked really well for Dems, right?
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Shorter Comey: Democrats, roll over and play Republican.
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Even they would turn if more would make the business case for medicare for all. Small businesses would no longer be at a massive disadvantage when competing against big corporations for talent. Less risk for individuals looking to start a business. Would be a total game-changer.
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Yup! He needs to sit down and shut up like a good ex-FBI dude should right now.
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That guy should have the good sense to just go away. He's done enough for America, we don't need his political takes. Have you no shame
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