Uh, can you tell me of any progressive Democrats who are pro Hamas? There's quite a gap from that to being sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians.
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Uh, can you tell me of any progressive Democrats who are pro Hamas? There's quite a gap from that to being sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians.
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Exactly?
As an aside, recommend the South (though probably have been if you're over there a lot). Been to the US a couple of times, 15 states I think, but quick tourism stops in each place. Spent a few weeks across LA, MS, AL, GA and SC last year. Great food, music, interesting (and sometimes depressing) history, wildlife.
Was earlier in 2023 so most political discussions with locals were about gun control, Covid, vaccines, Trump, how government worked here etc. Mostly decent sized places so I found as many people interested in how they could replicate gun control, for example, than I had disagreements with.
Thank God.
Already you can see the excitement that's being buoyed by this pick.
Already you can see the excitement that's being buoyed by this pick.
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I haven't received my email from Kamala yet. I hope she hasn't forgotten me. I shall not believe until I receive it. The early news might be a Trump trick or one developed by Shady Vance!
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Wow it seems the Democrats are actually listening to what people want. Could be a winning strategy in an election. Time will tell.
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Certainly some weirdo reactions from the maga nuts. Calling Walz a far-left radical is extremely weird.
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Shapiro was too anti-Palestine and his school vouchers for private schools was stupid.
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'Despite Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s popularity in the battleground state, progressives said his policy background gave them pause, and a number of them publicly urged Kamala Harris to choose a different running-mate before she announced her decision.
In particular, Shapiro’s response to the war in Gaza had sparked criticism on the left. Progressives note that Shapiro has not embraced calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, and he made controversial comments about pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses earlier this year.
“I think what’s important is that we can’t allow peaceful protest about a disagreement on policy happening in the Middle East to be an excuse for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia on these campuses,” Shapiro told CNN in April. “We have to query whether or not we would tolerate this, if this were people dressed up in [Ku Klux Klan] outfits or KKK regalia making comments about people who are African-American in our communities.”
Progressives’ concerns about Shapiro extended beyond the war in Gaza. Last year, Shapiro backed a Republican proposal to provide Pennsylvania vouchers with $100m in private school vouchers. The issue of “school choice” has become a rallying cry on the right, while Democrats have consistently stressed the importance of investing in public education to provide more opportunities to all students.
After his pro-voucher stance attracted intense scrutiny from fellow Democrats, Shapiro vetoed the program out of the state budget. With Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris will not need to worry about progressives’ criticism of Shapiro’s record.'
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In particular, Shapiro’s response to the war in Gaza had sparked criticism on the left. Progressives note that Shapiro has not embraced calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, and he made controversial comments about pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses earlier this year.
“I think what’s important is that we can’t allow peaceful protest about a disagreement on policy happening in the Middle East to be an excuse for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia on these campuses,” Shapiro told CNN in April. “We have to query whether or not we would tolerate this, if this were people dressed up in [Ku Klux Klan] outfits or KKK regalia making comments about people who are African-American in our communities.”
Progressives’ concerns about Shapiro extended beyond the war in Gaza. Last year, Shapiro backed a Republican proposal to provide Pennsylvania vouchers with $100m in private school vouchers. The issue of “school choice” has become a rallying cry on the right, while Democrats have consistently stressed the importance of investing in public education to provide more opportunities to all students.
After his pro-voucher stance attracted intense scrutiny from fellow Democrats, Shapiro vetoed the program out of the state budget. With Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris will not need to worry about progressives’ criticism of Shapiro’s record.'
Guardian live blog.
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In 2023, Walz signed a law mandating that Minnesota generate all of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2040, setting one of the strongest climate standards in the US.
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The petulance of progressive voters, in staying home in 2016, played a major role in delivering the presidency to Trump. The MAGA GOP would have just been a blot on the political landscape.
Hopefully they can artfully pursue their progressive policies to deliver better outcomes for the disadvantaged. Targeted ads addressing the Republican lies will determine several States.
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It’s been eight years. Sanders primary voters turned out to vote Clinton in greater numbers than Clinton voters did for Obama in 2008. She lost because she was a bad candidate who ran a bad campaign. If you want people to vote for you, appeal to them, don’t just take their vote for granted and then complain that they dared not vote for you (especially after Clinton and her surrogates spent the primary making ad hominem attacks on Sanders voters).
If Kamala wants left wing people to vote for her, she should appeal to them. If she follows where Biden was going and wants to target Nikki Haley voters, then she’d have to wear the negatives of taking that road as well as any positives.
So now the far left progressives need to get exactly what they want or they dont vote and deliver trump?
Thats the same as the far left voting for trump in my books.
The conservative make up of supreme court is due to far left voters who didnt show up for clinton. Its not clintons fault. Its theirs for being childish toddlers who refused to eat ice cream because they werent offered the exact flavour they wanted.
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The GOP angle will be interesting.
The GOP angle will be interesting.
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They're already going with the 'radical leftist' line of attack.
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For a party that prides itself on diversity they love picking old white guys.
