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In reply to the discussion: Ocasio-Cortez backs campaign to primary fellow Democrats [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)It's not ideal, but it's far more complex than the narratives put out there - Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Laborers' International Union don't want to be blocked out of donating to the DNC.
And .. we need money.
Hortensis mentioned further up work being done to deal with "money in politics" but really, we are making more noise about stuff like this than our opponents.
My frustration is that I actually want Cortez to do well - she has tremendous capital that can work in her favor. I don't expect her style to be the same as some of the other freshmen to Congress either. I just want us to be smarter about all this, and this doesn't come across as smart to me right now.
I think unnecessary factional fights are the last thing we need right now.
you take care.