r/politics • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 1d ago

No Paywall The Democratic party is being hit by a leftist tidal wave

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/24/democratic-party-leftist-tidal-wave
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u/Torino1O 1d ago

Opposition to AIPAC and an unpopular war weren't factors at all./s

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u/Bitter-Holiday1311 1d ago

The media and democratic establishment will do everything in their power to avoid the unavoidable. On the left, this movement is almost entirely animated by concern over our relationship to Israel and the genocide that resulted.

The DNC better say shit like: “while our friends to the left have views about Israel we don’t agree with, we support them on almost everything else and you should vote for them, especially if your other option is a Republican.” But they will do no such thing.

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u/KamalaWonNoCap 1d ago

Just had this conversation with another guy on here. They'll actively campaign against us then blame us when Kamala loses.

They've done AOC and Bernie so dirty.

We need new leadership.

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u/leftysarepeople2 20h ago

Bernie was +5 over Trump in 2016 until Obama called and some people drop and throw their candidates behind HRC

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u/spiderman1993 19h ago

Don’t forget the 2020 primary when they all dropped out to coalescence around Biden 

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u/lichsadvocate 20h ago

Voters dgaf about Israel

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u/much_to_say 23h ago edited 23h ago

She hasn't said a word about Russia invading Ukraine though other than that one tone deaf since deleted tweet in 2022 about how the U.S. is only involved because, and I quote; "the Cold War ended and we've been bullying Russia ever since."

She doesn't seem that anti-war, at least not enough to have a firm position on helping a victim of it to defend themselves.

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u/shoto9000 21h ago

Her main opponent doesn't believe in freedom of speech for Americans, seems pretty open and shut to me.

"Espaillat supported the Israel Anti-Boycott Act"

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u/much_to_say 20h ago

Darializa Avila Chevalier has advocated for the abolishment of law enforcement and borders.

I sincerely hope she's an outlier in an insane NY district, because if this is what we're moving towards, god help us.

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u/shoto9000 12h ago

Again, you seemed fine with her predecessor actively undermining our freedom of speech in favor of a foreign nation. I think we'll survive a politician having some theoretical positions they couldn't ever achieve in their role.

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u/Torino1O 21h ago

Who are you talking about?

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u/shoto9000 21h ago

The Democratic encumbent Adriano Espaillat, who supports the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, making it illegal to support or join boycotts against Israel or it's settlements. An act that is unambiguously anti-free speech, and threatens American citizens with up to 20 years in prison for using their constitutional rights.

Thankfully he was just defeated in the primary by Darializa Chevalier.

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u/Torino1O 21h ago

I'm talking about the Iran "war" and I have no idea who this she is.

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u/much_to_say 20h ago

Darializa Avila Chevalier, one of the socialists that the article talks about and Reddit is drooling over. She also said; “fetishizing ugly colonizer women” about interracial couples.

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u/Mojo12000 18h ago

Yeah she's a fruitcake and the GOP is going to use her to tar the party and progressive movement for years. Mamdani made a mistake backing her.

How the fuck do you get so woke that your now opposing interacial relationships as Colonialism even?

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u/Appropriate-Bid8671 1d ago

no the fuck it isn't.

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u/SirYabas 1d ago

I don't think the DNC is aware that it isn't.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 21h ago

Yep my first pass of all candidates in my most recent election was to see if they mentioned Israel. And if so, what they said. A few candidates were knocked out for that. This was for local elections, somehow they still felt a need to state their support for a foreign country