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Democrat reformists finding out that Democrats will only play dirty against the left. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Gavin Newsom is basically George Bush 3

the Dems of today are closer to 1990s Republicans than 2020s Republicans are

[–] piefood@feddit.online 2 points 1 month ago

Obama: "The truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if I had set the same policies that I had back in the 1980s, I would be considered a moderate Republican."

I've watched the Democrats move to the right since then

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not even close, if that were true then they'd have support of the private prison industry, but they don't, Trump has completely polarized crime and all of the prison complex supports him and only him.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

He hasn't kissed the prison industry's ass yet. Once he does, you'll have another excuse.