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In reply to the discussion: Gillum...I'm A Democrat of The Democratic Party Variety [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)24. Someone needs to tell him it's the "Democratic Party," not "DemocRAT Party."
If that's what he said. The latter is a sarcastic slang the Repubs started using a few years ago.
We have a "Democratic Party Platform."
Nancy Pelosi is the "Democratic Leader" in the House of Rep (see her twitter acct)
I hate to see the Republicans succeed in changing our party name to their sarcastic slur (what they intended as a slur). They don't like that our party uses the word "Democratic."
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Great post but Dems must learn to pivot to their issues. They must not let the Fuckie's
malaise
Aug 2018
#19
Someone needs to tell him it's the "Democratic Party," not "DemocRAT Party."
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#24
A Person Is A Democrat; The Party He or She Belongs to is the Democratic Party
Ccarmona
Aug 2018
#29
Democrat: proper noun; Democratic: adjective/ predicate adjective...a modifier.
maddiemom
Aug 2018
#50
Re: socialism--a post I saw earlier but can't find now....Gillum was just on Cuomo's show
R B Garr
Aug 2018
#62
Gillum was 21 years old and youngest person ever on Tallahassee city commission
MaryMagdaline
Aug 2018
#92