Establishment Democrats Are Going to Torpedo the 2026 Midterms

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1. It IS easier to be in opposition rather than government. You don’t have to fix anything, just complain about the other guy.

2. >”Because again and again, in must-win House and Senate races, rather than embracing candidates that are proving their capacity to spark grassroots Democratic enthusiasm and tap into the populist ferment of the American public, establishment leaders are working to tilt the scales in favor of exactly the kind of uninspiring corporatists that dug the party’s current hole.”

   Why cede any power or move away from the donor friendly establishment dem message when you’ve so easily convinced the base numerous times to blame other democrats for the party’s losses while getting rich coming in second?

3. They won’t simply go away. It is up to us to make that change. Every single establishment candidate needs to be primaried. After that, it is in the voters hands.

4. “How are we going to fight Trump without pissing off our corporate sponsors,” said a bewildered Schumer.

5. Abolish citizens united

6. We have a fascist in the White House that is currently consolidating all government power into the executive branch, and the establishment Democrats are worried more about keeping their jobs and the status quo in their party, as well as pleasing their donors and AIPAC.

   We need a new progressive party.

7. They’re somehow more unpopular than the most unpopular president of all time.

   Schumer needs to fucking go.

8. Run the candidate that has the best chance of winning their seat or district. Most elections are local. If it’s a progressive that has the best chance, back them. If it’s a more centrist that has the best chance, back them.

9. Schumer needs to step down and just go off into the sunset with a cheesecake in hand.

10. Funding for the election of political figures should only come from within the districts they are seeking to represent.

11. You know what sucks? The actual on-the-ground members doing party work are farther left than party leaders. The party leaders keep listening to the donor class instead of the people doing the actual work. It is **jarring** to see this difference if you go to an event by the actual party organizers.

12. You know the best way to get rid of establishment Democrats? Get involved in the DNC and get like minded people to join with you so you can change the organization from within and make certain to always vote in primaries.

    The worst way to get rid of establishment Democrats? Complain online about them and then completely refuse to vote because you can’t pick your perfect candidate. You aren’t ‘teaching the Democrats a lesson’ by not voting you’re just purposefully removing your voice from the discussion and helping Republicans win.

13. Primary all of these motherfuckers. It’s time to clean house.

14. Democrats: We are at record low approval!

    Also Democrats: Stay the course and don’t change anything, it will start working any day now.

15. Primary these dinosaurs

16. Vichy Democats, collabrating so fucking hard . Or are they Quislings ?

17. It’s a disgrace that gillibrand has anything to do with party leadership. Truly the worst of the worst.

18. Gillibrand is scum

19. God who the fuck is rooting for Gillibrand? She is the foulest shill. I will never forgive her for what she did to Franken.

20. More reps that would rather die while in office of old age with the same ideas they had in the 1970s then enjoying 15+ years of a healthy retirement. #termlimits

21. If anyone screws it up it will be democrats not voting the party line because of petty differences.

22. I mean, if they win their primaries then that would be who the majority of dems want. So I think that’s just fine.

23. Lol she didn’t lose because of policy. lunacy to think she didn’t have better policy ideas.

24. If revenge-era martial-law never-vote-again tariff-wielding debt-exploding grifter Donald Trump isn’t enough to convince people to vote for a grilled cheese sandwich under the Democrat party, what is?

    I’m not voting *FOR* anyone, I’m voting *AGAINST* Trump and the Republicans (which effectively means “blue no matter who”) and you’d have to do a lot of work to convince me the cure would be worse than the disease.

25. before trump won the 2015 republican primary every single establishment republican talked about him exactly the same way establishment dems currently talk about zohran. until he won, consolidated power, and now they all lick his boots. someone smart will hopefully figure out the way to become popular is to have all the establishment dems hate you, because establishment dems are universally hated. conflict drives everything in media now and dems lose because they’re conflict avoidant.

26. Time for the young folks to step up and run. Bernie Sanders is calling for this now.

27. I don’t think people realize just how F’d American politics are going to be for the foreseeable future.

28. Because they are self-described “Reagan” Democrats — they are complete DINOs and it’s reprehensible that we have allowed these ghouls to highjack the party.

29. I’m pleading to Schumer and company. Stop resisting the younger gen. Your time is over. Time for fresh blood.
    Don’t let your hubris destroy our chances to crawl out of this current hell we all are living .

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