This DCCC is totally wrong, taking this approach. I would hope that organizations like Moveon.org, PDA, DFA and Democratic Socialists will all speak out against this disgusting, ultra-conservative attempt to prevent change from happening.
The leader of the DCCC is Cheri Bustos. She's in a congressional district that was re-districted to help Democrats when she was first elected in 2012. She won her last general election with 61.9% of the vote. I say that SHE should be primaried, that as a leader who put this despicable, anti-democratic, anti- bottom-up policy into place, she does not deserve to hold her slot. As a four term congressperson, she is already in a leadership position. It is time for progressives to take out, through primarying, the leaders who attempt to prevent real progressive change from happening.
I made another donation to Justice Democrats. After all, there are so many hack, corporatist incumbent Democrats who deserve being primaried. And just look at the amazing new progressives who are rocking congress-- Omar, Ilhan, Ocasio-Cortez, Presley. They are amazing. Imagine if four more, or 40 more these Republican-lite hacks were replaced.
And maybe it's not a bad thing that the DCCC is blacklisting those consultants and firms. That may open up doors for new consultants and organization with the guts and integrity to stand up to the DCCC. Maybe progressives need to find out whether the consultants and firms will agree to the DCCC's blacklist. Maybe progressive should blacklist the ones that refuse to work with candidates who are primarying incumbents.
We are making serious progress. We no longer have to take this kind of DCCC nonsense and abuse.
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