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Jasmine Crockett says Democrats want ‘the safest white boy’ for 2028 ticket and have a specific candidate in mind (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm feeling deja vu from 2016. Hopefully the primary electorate has learned something that the establishment has not.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The problem is that the party has a lot of control over the primary; they can keep people off the ballot, they can decide who gets to debate, they can set a primary schedule that favors preferred candidates...The reason we got Biden in 2020 was because Barack Obama made a bunch of phone calls and got everyone who would have spit Biden's vote share to drop out. Progressives need to spend the next four years calling out this corruption and excising these people from the party at the state and national levels.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Yes, it's almost like overthrowing an established power is difficult. Who would have guessed.