MTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoYeeeesh, tough choice.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square123linkfedilinkarrow-up1930arrow-down139cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1891arrow-down1imageYeeeesh, tough choice.lemmy.worldMTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square123linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-21 month 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-up7·1 month 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-down1·1 month 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!