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-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!
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!