Furious Democrats are pushing “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to primary Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he agreed to vote with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, according to reports.

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You guys need to get over the whole Bernie thing.

He didn’t win the primary.

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Yes, because the DNC did everything it could to mske sure he didn’t win the primary.

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Remember Debbie Wasserman Schultz? Unfortunately, I do.

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He was on every single ballot. Every one. I voted for him. He didn’t win, not because the DNC screwed him, but because THE VOTERS DIDN’T VOTE FOR HIM.

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His voters to be exact dint come in large droves to vote for him, and many other Dem voter was mostly a moderate/center right voter.

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The delegates voted for Clinton.

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He didn’t win the primary.

Congratulations on your victory over the only people you’re interested in defeating.

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I have not defeated MAGA yet.

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And you won’t accomplish that by only punching left.

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The Democratic Party needs to get it through their thick skulls that the voters who make up the margin of victory do not vote in Democratic primaries.

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A lot of the time they don’t vote in the general either.

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They don’t vote in the general for a neoliberal.

There’s this consistent condescending assumption that the Democrats have that anybody who refuses to vote for a neoliberal would never vote for any possible Democratic candidate, and it just isn’t true.

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that is true, a small portion dont even vote to avoid jury duty, jury duty is significant enough to affect peoples finances that dont register to vote. JD pays next to nothing for jury duty.

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