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Democrat warns US progressives against moving toward the center: ‘It lost me the election’
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2025
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I'm genuinely curious why you think this. I've seen precisely the opposite from party leadership. What have you seen that indicates this
Neoliberals spent decades conflating the DNC with House/Senate leadership.
So it's understandable so many voters do, but it's still frustrating having to explain this so many times.
House/Senate leadership used the DNC as a cudgel against their own party.
If a rep didn't vote for House/Senate leadership like the DNC wanted, the DNC would cut them, or even their whole state off financially. Even if that meant a Republican won the seat.
The DNC didn't elect a neo liberal that would go along with that. But the DNC chair election was after the House/Senate leadership elections, there won't be another till the next Congress after midterms.
That's why there's the disconnect you're talking about.
I think he meant that party leadership hasn't learned their lesson.