Since Donald Trump’s election, his opposition party hasn’t acted much like one. The same cannot be said of Bernie Sanders, who hit the road this weekend in red states in an effort to stoke pushback to Trump’s slash-and-burn plutocratic governance.
“Trumpism is not going to be defeated by inside-the-Beltway politicians,” he said.
Minnesota has been a progressive stronghold, surprising pretty much everyone to be honest…
And it’s because Ken Martin has spent the last 7 years as the head of the state party
Can you imagine a neoliberal writing anything like this about a member of The Squad?
The future of our party depends on leaders like Omar. As someone who worked for the late U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, I know he would have been incredibly proud to have her represent Minnesota in the People’s House. As Wellstone said, “If we don’t fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don’t really stand for them.” Omar understands this. She fights hard to bring home wins to her community. Because of her advocacy, nearly 30 million kids were fed during the pandemic. Because of her unwavering commitment, she pushed for the boldest climate package possible to deliver the Inflation Reduction Act. And because of her relentless devotion to her district, she has brought back $54 million in federal funding to community-centered programs across the Fifth District.
Omar is a progressive leader who has built up our party and championed its core priorities, including defending reproductive freedom, lowering health care costs, and ensuring our kids don’t go hungry. That’s why I encourage all DFL primary voters in the Fifth District to cast their vote for her by Aug. 13.
Omars great, and its great that Martin wrote an endorsement. I worry that DFL is parrelel to good policy but is maybe not where it needs to be philosophically to be effective, much as I liked Waltz as Harris’ running mate. I liked him a lot more than I liked Harris.
Martin’s DFL is better than the DNC sure, but are they getting it right enough to be the group thats going to save the day if we stand behind them?
Its become Amy Klobachars pet group. She’s the one sr. senator they have. The same Klobachar who argued in court often to exceed maximum sentences and bragged about it constantly, and was the runner up to be Bidens VP. My Klobachar problem and by extension DFL, is that in her term in office she declined to prosecute every single police corruption and abuse case that hit her desk, including Derek Chauvins murder of George Floyd. Thats just not right, and it stinks of centrist cowardice-- and it should be the end of her leadership potential. What does that failing mean in terms of how progressive she will be? Because in your face, dont-ask-for-permission progressivism for the peoples causes is what we need, not more centrism and fear of being called “soft on crime” or weak on foriegn policy-- which was always Bidens greatest fear-- being called names by republicans. We dont need someone who cowers and fears first and leads second.
I know nothing about Martin, but I’ve read enough comments from @givesomefucks to believe that if the guy meets his exacting standards, that’s pretty high praise.
He looks to be just more of the same to me.
Really?
Minnesota has been a progressive stronghold, surprising pretty much everyone to be honest…
And it’s because Ken Martin has spent the last 7 years as the head of the state party
Can you imagine a neoliberal writing anything like this about a member of The Squad?
https://www.startribune.com/state-dfl-chair-omar-is-the-choice-in-the-fifth-district-literally-and-with-good-reason/600382982
Again, not saying the guy is perfect, but compared to the last 30 years of DNC leadership, I can’t think of someone better than this dude.
Omars great, and its great that Martin wrote an endorsement. I worry that DFL is parrelel to good policy but is maybe not where it needs to be philosophically to be effective, much as I liked Waltz as Harris’ running mate. I liked him a lot more than I liked Harris.
Martin’s DFL is better than the DNC sure, but are they getting it right enough to be the group thats going to save the day if we stand behind them?
Its become Amy Klobachars pet group. She’s the one sr. senator they have. The same Klobachar who argued in court often to exceed maximum sentences and bragged about it constantly, and was the runner up to be Bidens VP. My Klobachar problem and by extension DFL, is that in her term in office she declined to prosecute every single police corruption and abuse case that hit her desk, including Derek Chauvins murder of George Floyd. Thats just not right, and it stinks of centrist cowardice-- and it should be the end of her leadership potential. What does that failing mean in terms of how progressive she will be? Because in your face, dont-ask-for-permission progressivism for the peoples causes is what we need, not more centrism and fear of being called “soft on crime” or weak on foriegn policy-- which was always Bidens greatest fear-- being called names by republicans. We dont need someone who cowers and fears first and leads second.
I know nothing about Martin, but I’ve read enough comments from @givesomefucks to believe that if the guy meets his exacting standards, that’s pretty high praise.
didnt realize. fair point, @givesomefucks is solid. I’ll do more research.