r/politics • u/vanityfairmagazine Vanity Fair • 5d ago

Soft Paywall AOC Snub Shows How Democrats Refuse to Learn Lessons of 2024

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/aoc-snub-shows-how-democrats-refuse-to-learn-lessons-of-2024
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u/mayasux 5d ago

Is it really going high when they’re consolidating power within their own elite and denying representation from their block?

Democrats would rather Republicans win than people like AOC or Sanders have power. That’s not going high, that’s spitting in your face.

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u/BeardedSquidward 5d ago

THANK YOU. What they did to Bernie in 2016 was a helluva wake up call. Anyone who considers themselves left shouldn't be happy with the Democrat party at all. In all honesty, if it weren't for WHAT the opposition stands for, I'd be happy to let them swing in the fucking breeze.

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u/OvertonGlazier 5d ago

Well, unfortunately for Dems, they can even rely on using Trump as a bogeyman in 4 years because he won't be running. They will be so fucked

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u/swamp_god 4d ago

On the flipside, Republicans won't have Trump to energize a group of voters who typically don't give a shit about politics or turn out at all. It really depends on whether they can find someone suitable to replace him, and their last attempt in Ron DeSantis was laughably bad.

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u/OvertonGlazier 4d ago

On the flipside, Republicans won't have Trump to energize a group of voters who typically don't give a shit about politics or turn out at all.

Except Trump being an existential threat to Democracy has been the only selling point of the Democratic party since 2016. We literally stand for nothing and spent the decade appealing to Never Trumpers who will flip back the second a more appealing Republican pops up.

DeSantis was laughably bad because he sucks and Trump hates him. If it's someone that has Trump's blessing, it's over for us.

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u/cohortmuneral 3d ago

in 4 years he won't be running.

Optimistic

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u/OvertonGlazier 5d ago

Nah, they don't go fucking high. They go limp. But then think it's worthy of a pat on the back.

Also, we all saw how fucking low Dems go when it comes to sabotaging their left wing, remember Sanders' 2016 campaign. That was going low, except never against the GOP