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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      15 hours ago

      He didn’t win the primary.

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

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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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          54 minutes ago

          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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          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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              10 hours ago

              If it means shutting out progressives, you will assume that trump is both right and being honest.

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                Right? Anything to keep folks from actually making positive change and progress huh? That guy (whose name I don’t need to repeat, pretend I @'d you) is in every thread with frequently terrible takes