Tomorrow marks one month since @Ocasio2018's upset win in New York. Since then, Democrats have moved from +5.7 to +8.2 on the generic ballot. The national conversation often doesn't reflect what's happening in states. https://t.co/jAfFhpTa4s— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 25, 2018
Note: I see that some in comments at earlier posts point out that the Bernie Sanders advance occurred before Trump was elected president.
I have never said there wasn't an advance in socialist support before Trump's election. My point has been that the surge would advance more aggressively after Trump--and it has. It has in a more radical fashion than Sanders.
Democratic Socialists of America membership, though still small at around 45,000, has grown seven-fold since the election of Trump. The members have to be considered the more politically active---that is the very active second-hand dealers in socialist ideas.
Since most of the libertarian movement has been quiet in the age of Trump, not aggressively pointing out his many non-libertarian positions, millennials are much more apt to find socialist objections to Trump.
And as Harvard student Trevor J. Levin correctly observes, kids want an alternative to Trump:
The protectionist, militarist, fiscally catastrophic, and, yes, white-nationalist Republicans are no option.With AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez getting major mainstream coverage after her primary victory, kids are looking into socialism. Thus, no surprise the Democrats are gaining after the Ocasio-Cortez win.
-RW
UPDATE
Ocasio-Cortez in Charles Koch's backyard:
“[The fight for abolition] is the crucible and the soul of this state,” Ocasio-Cortez said, articulating what many Kansans know but rarely see reflected in modern politics.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) July 26, 2018
Democrats can put up a fight in every district in America.
(via @Sarah_Smarsh)https://t.co/F8A2RGcLIs
RW why do you use photos of Cortez that make her seem beautiful, graceful and elegant? Why do some libertarians fetishize flipping socialists?
ReplyDeleteWhy not use this photo that better depicts her true character?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Big-Eyes-600x568.jpg
Todays Internet priceless designation goes to Pimento. Well done sir well done. Perhaps someone should send a Tshirt to Robert stating "you cant reason with stupid" as a reminder
DeleteLeave it to Trumpistas to argue on looks rather than ideas.
DeleteEver hear a picture's worth a thousand words? Ever wonder why RW uses photos of Trump's hair blowing wildly in the wind? Ever stop to think that before humans could think, speak or write that we could see and use our sight and other senses to live like instinctual animals? Do photos not convey ideas? Do your sight not make your brain disdain what is ugly and admire what is beautiful?
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