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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJustice Democrats find an enemy to fight: Speaker Pelosi
(fundraising email)
Nancy Pelosi and the rest of House Democratic leadership dont have substance to sell, so instead, they are pushing fear-based fundraising tactics to raise money and push their status-quo agenda in Congress.
Racism, the climate crisis, and economic inequality are more of a threat to the American people than Donald Trump, yet Nancy Pelosi and corporate Democrats have failed to make any headway on issues actually affecting Americans.
The problem with these scammy fundraising tactics is that they work and Nancy Pelosi and her team know it. But we promise Christian, that well never deceive our grassroots supporters just to make a quick buck.
Perhaps they should share their track record in actually getting candidates elected?
Champp
(2,114 posts)The main thing in this email is DIVISION. Which leads to weakness.
Republicans and Russians may not get direct $ contributions from this, but they will reap benefit.
gohuskies
(1,153 posts)Make them defend their obstructionism on every issue they have opposed to being responsible legislators.
mcar
(42,278 posts)leftstreet
(36,097 posts)mcar
(42,278 posts)She said "we need" a strong Republican party - not "we have."
Madame Speaker is correct - we do need a strong Republican party.
This has nothing to do with the OP or my response to it. Why are so-called Democrats constantly trashing other Democrats instead of going after Republicans?
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)dsc
(52,147 posts)in any two party system, there is a reasonable likelihood that either of the parties will hold power. Having them in the thrall of a demagogue is transparently dangerous.
The Magistrate
(95,241 posts)Until heresy is banished and the people are pure, the real fight against (whatever it is in any particular case) cannot be won.
Blithering nonesense, but it comforts a certain sort of soul.
betsuni
(25,367 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(144,884 posts)I am the Just Us Democrats mailing list. Attacking Speaker Pelosi is not a good move. I want candidates who will work with Joe Biden and Speaker Pelosi and not candidates who are going to try to sabotage the efforts and priorities of the party
brooklynite
(94,299 posts)Personally, I like to know what both my allies and enemies are doing.
(I'm also on Nina Turner's mailing list).
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,884 posts)The Just Us Democrats live in a different universe where regular or "corporate" democrats are bad people. I have spent over 15 years working inside party politics and I am amused by the term "corporate" democrat in that I practice corporate law.
I found today's email to be really amusing. I am not sure what are the policies and results that Just Us democrats think that they can accomplish in the real world
JohnSJ
(92,059 posts)four years with trump
They are still at it, working hard to make mccarthy majority leader in 2022
Hopefully, people are much wiser now about false prophets
empedocles
(15,751 posts)n. turner?
The Magistrate
(95,241 posts)So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.
Budi
(15,325 posts)PortTack
(32,689 posts)Working against Dems!!
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Think about it.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Scrivener7
(50,901 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,955 posts)I need to check
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betsuni
(25,367 posts)The first commandment of this ideology: believe all Democrats are immoral corrupt "corporate Democrats" who could easily pass progressive legislation if they wanted to, they just don't want to because they're all bribed (Republicans are innocent bystanders, apparently) and this is why Democrats must be replaced with True Progressive Justice Democrats who will transform the party. It's endlessly repeated. They really can't say anything without repeating this over and over. It's the foundation of the religion.
But who still believes that nonsense? Why?
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)despite receiving money from the same players. Only goes to further illustrate the sanctimonious pandering this organization consistently uses.
And always and only at the expense of Democrats.
Cha
(296,756 posts)their Gaslighting Divisive Pontificating.
The Democratic Party is on the Front Lines Fighting Against Fascism.
I'm sure the magats apporve of the JD's message to their subscribers.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Talking points & media memes become exchangable for the one purpose they both share.
#"2 Extremist Fringes meet in the middle & close that gap in the horseshoe"
They're really quite familiar with each other.
George II
(67,782 posts)....DEMOCRATS to support their candidates in primaries.
Sure, they'll "never deceive our grassroots supporters just to make a quick buck", but they never tell such grassroots supporters that they're now contributing to a Super PAC which will churn dark money into campaigns. They spent more than $900K against Eliot Engel last year in his primary against Bowman, and are probably now over $1M in the OH-11 primary.
They very deceitfully state this at the bottom of their contribution page:
They pointedly avoid telling potential contributors that one of those two accounts is their Super PAC that can spend unlimited amounts of money for/against candidates.
Edited to add: regarding their "past performances", the last I looked they were running about 9% success rate. It's tough to keep up with it now because they're doing so badly that after an election cycle they take down their endorsements from their website and leave only their winning candidates.
Cha
(296,756 posts)who is on Nancy's 's Select Committee to get to the Truth on exactly how the Deadly Attack on January 6, 2020 happened.
It's toward the end.. but the whole thing is interesting, ino.
Cross posted from ..
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=670393
lapucelle
(18,186 posts)Cha-ching!
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Jamaal Bowman is a Moderate Liberal
Jamaal Bowman is a Moderate Liberal
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Cori Bush is a Moderate Liberal
Cori Bush is a Moderate Liberal
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If Nancy Pelosi represents the status quo, then the status quo is hardcore liberal.
Nancy Pelosi is a Hard-Core Liberal
Nancy Pelosi is a Hard-Core Liberal
https://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Nancy_Pelosi.htm
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George II
(67,782 posts)...and they spent about $600K against incumbent Democrats.
Thankfully their success rate in primaries is still hovering around 10%.
lapucelle
(18,186 posts)They exploit marginally informed voters with their false narratives and pocket some coin for themselves in the process.
It's disgusting the way they prey on idealistic new voters in order to profiteer.
George II
(67,782 posts)....ran it literally hundreds of times on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media as well as some local media.
This was the work of Bowman's campaign manager and Justice Democrats operative, Luke Hayes.
Luke Hayes happens to be the brother of Chris Hayes, which explains why Justice Democrats appear on his show 3-4 times a week.
lapucelle
(18,186 posts)...does Chris Hayes disclose that his brother is an operative when JD appears?
George II
(67,782 posts)...and the few times he's had JDs on his show I didn't see him do so.
ananda
(28,831 posts)!!!