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Progressives gear up for their first big fight if Harris wins: Protecting Lina Khan
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I don't get this. Y'all on Lemmy are constantly screaming about, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them," about people like Trump and the GOP, but you won't acknowledge the same about Democrats.
You're right, Bernie is older than Biden, and some of the Squad are in their 40s/50s. I never said otherwise. And AOC is the youngest a president can be.
Bernie ran on a progressive platform, Biden did not, and Harris is not, by her own admission. The Squad have progressive ideas they push and campaign on, Harris and Walz have not shown support for these same policies. She's showing all of us that is not a progressive candidate, which is all this discussion is about.
She's the far better candidate compared to Der Orange, no one should be voting for Trump. This isn't a "y'AlL nEeD tO vOtE tHiRd PaRtY" comment, or one telling anyone to stay home, or any of that.
Harris is just not a progressive candidate, and a 60 year old woman who's lived her entire life in the upper middle class has much less in common with the average person than someone like AOC.
That's what this whole comment chain was about: someone asked why Harris may have pressure behind the scenes to oust Kahn as FTC chair, and that would be the only reason I could think she'd do it: her wealthy donors want a less progressive FTC chair so they'll stop going after the oligarchs, and Harris's campaign seems to be very "return to the status quo" like the Democrats always seem to be doing.
YOU need to acknowledge that how someone campaigns is less reflective of their position than HOW THEY VOTE.
I have, and even told you I hope she continues to follow her progressive voting record and prove me wrong.
But based on her campaign, I don't understand why you're all acting like she's a hugely progressive candidate. She's just not, I'm sorry, but she's not.