MTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoYeeeesh, tough choice.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1798arrow-down132
arrow-up1766arrow-down1imageYeeeesh, tough choice.lemmy.worldMTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 day agoThe race to outflank each other on the right has been happening in the Republican party for over 40 years, but over the last 16 years they’ve gone increasingly batshit
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoGOP & DNC are the sword $ shield of the wealthy elites respectively. But still GOP incumbents have always been more likely to face a funded primary opponent. Meanwhile DNC protects theirs from challengers.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·24 hours agoThey selectively protect incumbents. They didn’t do a thing to protect Cori Bush or Jamaal Bowman, but they protected Henry Cuellar.
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·12 hours agoObviously they’re not going to protect the people we replace them with. That’s up to us!
The race to outflank each other on the right has been happening in the Republican party for over 40 years, but over the last 16 years they’ve gone increasingly batshit
GOP & DNC are the sword $ shield of the wealthy elites respectively.
But still GOP incumbents have always been more likely to face a funded primary opponent. Meanwhile DNC protects theirs from challengers.
They selectively protect incumbents. They didn’t do a thing to protect Cori Bush or Jamaal Bowman, but they protected Henry Cuellar.
Obviously they’re not going to protect the people we replace them with. That’s up to us!