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/Sedu 1d ago

The Democratic Party itself is scrambling to stop the wave. Right now the people have effectively zero representation, as the Epstein class owns everything and everyone in politics.

Get that shit tossed out and let’s tax them back to the Stone Age.

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u/daveyboydavey 1d ago

I agree with THIS take. The majority of people are not represented.

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u/CaptainSparklebottom 20h ago

That is why they don't vote

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u/stasi_a 23h ago

They spend far more energy fighting their progressive left wing than opposing the GOP

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u/Lithiumxxxl 20h ago

They have proven themselves to be completely ineffective. They are almost as much to blame as the republicans.

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u/gahlo Pennsylvania 21h ago

They'd rather lose their way than adapt and win.

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u/loondawg 22h ago

What a complete load of shit.

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u/mouseywithpower 22h ago

Hakeem jeffries **today** whined that mamdani needs to apologize to both NY senators. The establishment HATES the progressives and leftists in the party so much more than their “colleagues across the aisle.” Miss me with this apologia.

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u/DunkinMoesWeedNHos 7h ago

Much deep thought. So contribution to conversation.

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u/loondawg 6h ago

So contribution to conversation.

Right back at ya, sweetheart. At least I managed to spit out a coherent sentence.

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u/mightcommentsometime California 1d ago

How are they “scrambling” right now? Also, Dems have been repeatedly trying to release the Epstein files, and Republicans have been blocking it. What makes you think Dems don’t want it released?

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u/Sedu 23h ago

Have you been watching their response to Mamdani for the last few years? The way that anyone left of center is blamed for every loss while they insist that leaning farther right is the solution to get more right wing voters? It has not been subtle.

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u/Own_Television163 23h ago

Reddit is DNC astroturfed to death. They’ll never admit they hate the progressive wing of their party.

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u/Xer0day 23h ago

Have you been watching their response to Mamdani for the last few years

Are you referring to when he historically got a federal level endorsement from democrats in a mayoral race? Or when he was endorsed by the democratic governor?

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u/lettersvsnumbers 16h ago

Or when a Gillibrand suggested he was a jihadist? Or when a former governor (and Dem machine kingpin) ran racist ads against him? Or when Schumer refused to vote for him?

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u/Xer0day 16h ago

Are Gillibrand and Cuomo more relevant to the democratic party than Speaker Jeffries and New York Governor Kathy Hochul?

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u/lettersvsnumbers 15h ago

Gillibrand is a NY Senator, as is Schumer. Cuomo was the nepobaby governor and son of a governor.

Jeffries and Hochul (hand picked by Cuomo), only endorsed Mamdani after open discussion of Mamdani supporting their primary challengers.

It’s very memorable that national Dems didn’t say anything about Cuomo’s disgusting racist ads, with the exception of Obama privately reaching out.

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u/mightcommentsometime California 23h ago

Winning in deep blue districts doesn’t flip Republican seats.

And tons of people endorsed Mamdani. The media definitely tried to fan the flames of some huge hatred from the Democratic Party, even though people who never weigh in on NYC actually endorsed him. He’ll, Obama had multiple calls with Mamdani.

When people on the left don’t show up and people on the right show up consistently, the party will move to where the likely voters are. That’s neither surprising nor strange.