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Peggy Flanagan is far from alone in wanting this.
The Senate majority leader should have a fucking pulse.
I find it important because she's relatively moderate and from a safely blue state this election. I'm glad to see it's not just Bernie, El-Sayed, etc. calling for it
Also she's my senator, so I'm proud of that
How is the Senate Democratic leader selected? I thought it was an elected position.
it's an election by the members, so if Democrats have a majority, they get their candidate
The Senators from the majority party vote on it.
Shumer can retire and spend time with the imaginary family he's been talking to for decades.
And yes, that's true. Look it up.
And you know the Baileys went MAGA in 2016. Fuck those marketing persona assholes.
I can't get over the fact Schumer's fake family that he regularly pretends to talk to for years didn't even vote democrat
If you can't convince your imaginary average family to vote for your party, how in the hell does he expect to be able to whip together senate votes?
Voters across the board are sick of the status quo. Fuck Jeffries and Schumer's establishment grip on our Democratic Caucus! It’s time for new leadership that delivers BOTH real justice and real economic relief for ALL citizens! Leaders like Peggy Flanagan prove they actually understand why this moment demands real change.
As one of her constituents, I'm happy she understands why she won. We don't want the same Democratic party we've been getting. They actually have to start improving things.
If you have a Dem House rep, contact them and say no to Jefferies
If you have a Dem senator, contact them and say no to Schumer
We can't waste time on neoliberals
What if my Senator is Schumer? How do I politely tell him to retire already?
Something brief that starts with "Off you" and ends with "fuck."
Sir, as one of your constituents I do not feel as though you have acted in accordance with the needs or the will of the people who elected you into office, but rather submitted to the demands of private interests and corporate donors. Your actions, or often lack of action, have caused harm at worst and at best kept positive change from happening. I respectfully ask that you step down and allow the next generation of leadership to enact the will of regular Americans.
Sincerely, dhork.
Extra points for actually signing it that way lmao
He's openly suggested that he's more loyal to Israel than to the united States. Tell him that's borderline treason and he's despicable for supporting genocide. Tell him you want a new rep and a new leader.
Tell him you want a more progressive leader in the senate. He should know his constituents don't want him in charge either
Tell him your an average white middle class republican couple and you definitely think he needs to step down for the good of the country.
I hereby declare that I too want a new Senate Democratic leader to replace Chuck Schumer.
We all do Peggy. We all do. While your at it, could you back seat Jeffries too? His blue sweater has WAY too much red bleed through. His viewpoints are out of date and not in line of what needs to happen as soon as our new civil servants hit the ground running.
Also he held secretive meetings with Jared Kushner. Jeffries is corrupt
Contact your representative and tell them you want them to not endorse Schumer's leadership nor Jeffries' ambitions to run for Speaker of the House. The more messages they get from their constituents the more likely the establishment's goal of doing nothing will be thwarted. It doesn't take very long!
I know my rep isn't gonna vote for either of them, because he's a raging MAGAt.
Mike Kennedy (UT) - wait, sorry - DOCTOR Mike Kennedy 🙄
I may have intentionally referred to him as "Mr. Kennedy" in my email to him today. I know it pisses off some doctors when that happens.
Quick reminder that Minnesota is a state with a left party independent from the DNC.
They caucus with, and accept money from the DNC, but the DFL has always been slightly more to more progressive than the DNC.
And the person who ran Minnesota's DFL for a decade has been the DNC chair for like 21 months...
A big reason why this wave was not only huge, but full of progressives...
Minnesota is a unique state looking at it. Something about it.
Significant rural population that almost exclusively votes conservative (for reasons that don't entirely make sense). From what I hear, there are a LOT of anarcho-communist groups throughout the state. They take education and hunger seriously. There's a LOT of really rich people though.
I strongly believe thats why Walz and the State were targeted so hard by Trump. A state that naturally opposes authoritarianism is an anathema to the regime.
Wow, never had heard of the DFL, but now I read the wiki, and that is a pretty cool history...at least before they got a bit more conservative in the post-war period, but still cool!
It's clear that the Democratic Voters are loudly demanding a new direction in America, and that starts with new leadership who understand their mission, and Israel is not part of it. We didn't go through all this trouble to get rid of MAGA control, to just fall under Israeli control instead. We thought we'd have to fight one enemy, only to find out there's another enemy right behind them.
Bernie Sanders is basically an Honorary Democrat by now.
Schmuck should resign, AOC should take his place, and then SHE becomes Senate Majority Leader.
I'm pretty sure this was a joke, but they are in different Houses of Congress.
she's not alone
Way to to go Peggy!!! Change the senate leadership
Without this it mutes the entire election. They want moderation but that's not what the voters want.
That's their job, to keep things from straying too far from the Conservative line.
so do the baileys
So long as Zionists neolibs are still in charge, nothing has fundamentally changed. Ditch him asap or the midterms count for nothing.
The people resoundingly voted for more Nancy pelosi and to raise the average age of Congress by another 5 years /s