MTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agoYeeeesh, tough choice.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1915arrow-down140
arrow-up1875arrow-down1imageYeeeesh, tough choice.lemmy.worldMTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square123fedilink
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoGOP & DNC are the sword $ shield of the wealthy elites respectively. But still GOP incumbents have always been more likely to face a funded primary opponent. Meanwhile DNC protects theirs from challengers.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoThey selectively protect incumbents. They didn’t do a thing to protect Cori Bush or Jamaal Bowman, but they protected Henry Cuellar.
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoObviously they’re not going to protect the people we replace them with. That’s up to us!
GOP & DNC are the sword $ shield of the wealthy elites respectively.
But still GOP incumbents have always been more likely to face a funded primary opponent. Meanwhile DNC protects theirs from challengers.
They selectively protect incumbents. They didn’t do a thing to protect Cori Bush or Jamaal Bowman, but they protected Henry Cuellar.
Obviously they’re not going to protect the people we replace them with. That’s up to us!