- 04 Jun 2020 02:57
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Are you surprised that they lack a strong answer?
Its far left wing (+ people farther to the left of the party + some far-rightists who just want to cause mayhem that is in their interest) is the one that's rioting, and since it's happening in Democratic-led localities, its moderate wing is the one suffering the consequences. It doesn't matter what they say or don't say, beyond blaming Trump anything else they say will lose them one of their main voting blocs. They can't come out full blown supporting repressing the protests and restoring order, and they also cannot come out full blown supporting the protests and not condemning violence or opposing efforts to rein it in.
What else can the party do but have a weak response? At least if it wants to win come November, of course, if they started to think about winning in 2024 then maybe they could take a firmer position and just deal with losing votes. My guess is that in that event they would stand with their party members who are currently sitting in their posts as elected officials, with the wing of the party that won the primaries, and not with those who are on the losing end.
Heisenberg wrote:Even now, with Trump openly going full fash, the Democrats are doing less than fuck all to oppose him. They can fuck off with their emotional blackmail.
Are you surprised that they lack a strong answer?
Its far left wing (+ people farther to the left of the party + some far-rightists who just want to cause mayhem that is in their interest) is the one that's rioting, and since it's happening in Democratic-led localities, its moderate wing is the one suffering the consequences. It doesn't matter what they say or don't say, beyond blaming Trump anything else they say will lose them one of their main voting blocs. They can't come out full blown supporting repressing the protests and restoring order, and they also cannot come out full blown supporting the protests and not condemning violence or opposing efforts to rein it in.
What else can the party do but have a weak response? At least if it wants to win come November, of course, if they started to think about winning in 2024 then maybe they could take a firmer position and just deal with losing votes. My guess is that in that event they would stand with their party members who are currently sitting in their posts as elected officials, with the wing of the party that won the primaries, and not with those who are on the losing end.