Netroots Nation is going on right now, and we kind of love it, because it attracts everybody on the fringe left and then exposes all the ideological divisions between them — it’s a great venue for blue-on-blue action. They’ll boo Rep. Nancy Pelosi, they’ll flay Martin O’Malley for saying that all lives matter, Bernie supporters will clash with Hillary die-hards, Black Lives Matter will forcibly hijack the stage … it’s great.
A lot of buzz this year seems to be around democratic socialism, thanks to the primary win by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the gubernatorial campaign of Cynthia Nixon. NBC News’ Chuck Todd asked Markos Moulitsas about it, and he said Democrats had better embrace socialism since Republicans will call them all communists anyway.
https://twitter.com/WiredSources/status/1025516558246969346
Anyway, that’s a big part of the split between Democrats this time around — should they play to the middle or go full-on socialist? — and we’re here for it.
Meaning that if we don't continue to talk about giving out free stuff we will lose all those voters.
— IMPEACH THIS ⭐⭐⭐ (@liberalsickness) August 3, 2018
Socialism is nothing more then the hope that the group will be able to think morally and ethically for society. The only problem is at the end of the day you need somebody to call all the shots.
Italians tried it Fascism
Russians tried it Communism
Germans tried it Nazism— IMPEACH THIS ⭐⭐⭐ (@liberalsickness) August 3, 2018
Socialism always leads to dictatorship because it can only be enforced though authoritarian means. #TheResistance
— Mr. Tasty Media (@mediachecker) August 4, 2018
Even Obama rejected it when he came out with his candidate list of endorsements. This is just crazy talk on the comedy channel @MSNBC .
— Tiffany Blue ??️✡️ #KAG2020 (@TiffanyBlueN) August 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/captjrolland/status/1025531320804564992
https://twitter.com/MichaelQPublic/status/1025527446269964289
I challenge the Dems to give us one example of a country where socialism has worked; particularly one that has freedom of speech, freedom of the press and the right to bear arms. @foxandfriends @MariaBartiromo @IngrahamAngle
— John Hill (@JohnHil40198365) August 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/phxmf/status/1025526296888012800
https://twitter.com/PattiSerafine/status/1025851750316617728
Embrace it?
Over half of this country will fight against it.#landofthefree— Teresa??⭐⭐⭐ (@tjhlfld) August 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/pnk96722/status/1025556400443863040
Yes embrace please
— swv1970 (@swv1970) August 3, 2018
Please let them go with that pic.twitter.com/NzsHfq6xGA
— Johnny Deplorable (@Teaghlach) August 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/pnk96722/status/1025554180755214336
Did he really say "we all want taxes to go up"? ?
— Greg (@CadiG2) August 3, 2018
Everybody wants their taxes to go up?
— Roman Craig (@LJ4477) August 4, 2018
Almost all the masks are off now that’s a good thing??
— Trever Apps (@AppsTrever) August 3, 2018
Looks like CNN and Jake Tapper were on the Netroots story a couple of days ago and came to the same conclusion: the Democrats are moving even further left and it’s making the establishment nervous.
Progressives meet as critics fret Democrats moving too far to the left https://t.co/QDJGtCt3Z0 @miguelmarquez reports @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 2, 2018
We're not moving to the left, the POTUS IS PUSHING US!!
— Joanne Miranda (@jmmtyrrell) August 2, 2018
Keep pushing, Mr. President!
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WHO PAYS FOR IT?! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Media Matters fail BIG TIME trying to prove Socialism works https://t.co/pRa1zPHMSV
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 27, 2018
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