Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoGeorgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruzwww.wsbtv.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down122
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkGeorgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruzwww.wsbtv.comSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down16·2 months agoAnd I am saying that Democrats (and Republicans) don’t really want that to happen, or they would have made it happen already.
minus-squareBaron Von J@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThe Tea Party successfully shifted the Republican party farther right by running and winning in their primaries. Why is it inconceivable that progressives can do the same in the Democratic primaries?
minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down15·edit-22 months agoIt’s not inconceivable, but I think it’s improbable. So I’m not voting for them. Why haven’t they done it yet?
minus-squareBaron Von J@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoBecause there haven’t been primary candidates winning their primaries on that issue. They won’t do it as a party.
And I am saying that Democrats (and Republicans) don’t really want that to happen, or they would have made it happen already.
The Tea Party successfully shifted the Republican party farther right by running and winning in their primaries. Why is it inconceivable that progressives can do the same in the Democratic primaries?
It’s not inconceivable, but I think it’s improbable. So I’m not voting for them. Why haven’t they done it yet?
Because there haven’t been primary candidates winning their primaries on that issue. They won’t do it as a party.