Rep. Ro Khanna said that “many” in the House Democratic caucus, including himself, will back Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Tuesday’s vote.
Except she spent the last election cycle mocking third parties and saying you need to ‘build coalitions’ by working within the party
If this is what she got for her support of Israel and ‘working within the party’, then I think she might have been taken for a ride
Except she spent the last election cycle mocking third parties and saying you need to ‘build coalitions’ by working within the party
She is right. Divide and conquer is a super effective strategy, the left loves doing the divide part to itself then acts shocked when it gets conquered.
When your left-wing coalition depends on kowtowing to capital to survive, it isn’t left-wing anymore.
So make yourself smaller, less relevant, less resources but ideologically pure. Not exactly a winning formula. You go to war with the army you’ve got, not the army you wish you had.