The progressive group Indivisible called for Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) as Democratic leader after the party secured control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesdayâs midterm elections.
âYesterday, voters made it very clear that they want a new generation of Democratic fighters,â the group wrote in a social media post. âWe need a leader in the Senate who is capable of leading that fight. Itâs time for Senate Democrats to choose new leadership.â
The group cited the Democratic leaderâs faltering approval ratings in its Wednesday statement. An NBC News poll conducted at the end of October found only 13 percent of registered voters viewed Schumerâs leadership positively.
âThe American people did not elect Democrats by historic margins just to bend the knee and go back to business as usual,â Indivisible said in its statement. âSenate Democrats need to listen to the voters and turn the page on status quo politics.â
The paid opposition running the Democrats will not falter in their supporting of their Republican donorsâ causes.
Except that, you know, all the DSA members who were literally just elected for the first time?
Quick Google search tells me that DSA is poised to win 105 seats, functionally quadrupling their presence in Congress.
So yeah dude, totally the exact same number of progressives as 2024 đ
And?
Obama won two elections in a row, and then Trump came in.
If you think everyone who voted for a DSA candidate last night is now a Progressive youâre wrong.
Obama was like the most center-right, milquetoast Democrat we ever elected
DSA is an inherently progressing platform, so unless theyâre outright lying about their beliefs, then yes they are all progressives.
Thatâs how words work.
so unless theyâre outright lying about their beliefs, then yes they are all progressives.
Show me exactly where voting requires âbelief.â
Plenty of people voted for Obama twice and Trump three times.
Most people vote their wallets.
You sound a lot like Mrs. Clinton. She assumed that people wouldnât vote for a deplorable candidate.
So DSA doesnât vet their candidates? Is that the claim here? Iâm honestly confused as to what your point here is supposed to be (and I suspect you may be as well)
Candidates =/= voters.
Is that simple enough for you?
Weâre talking about DSA people who already won their respective elections. Like you get that right? They were already elected, so it doesnât really matter which voters are literal socialists, and which are just âfellow travelersâ who decided to vote for a DSA candidate.
But like, you get that weâre talking about DSA candidates that have already won, right? Hillary Clinton didnât win, so how does that situation compare in any way?
Let me put it this way.
Show me the exact words you read that made you think I was talking about DSA candidates and not the voters.
Because Iâve been talking about the voters the whole time.
Cool. As long as it means you âwonâ which is clearly all that matters to you.
So despite DSA quadrupling their presence in Congress, you can state with undue certainty that the number of progressive voters has remained the same. Uh huh. Right.
Normally, Iâd be curious about your methodology there, but I already know there is none so donât bother.