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- politics@lemmy.world
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- politics@lemmy.world
One interesting quote that stood out to me:
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if he thinks Ocasio-Cortez will make it into leadership in the near term, told Axios: “Yes.”
I think the optics of “we did everything we could” will be important, if it comes to that.
Yeah, that’s fair. If Pelosi continues pulling out all the stops to keep the old guard in power in the next session of Congress, I’d be willing to bet that’s when the new party will actually get founded.
I think the only plausible scenario that would draw away enough voters for the party to actually get replaced would be for a social democrat or progressive to win the presidential primary but the party leadership takes it away with convention or superdelegate shenanigans. If AOC runs, it might happen.