#centrist democrats

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#us politics #2022 #memes #shitpost #democrats #corporate democrats #centrist democrats #roe v. wade #abortions #abortion bans #codification #human rights #equality #equal rights #women's health #women's rights #women's bodily autonomy #pro chocie #abortion is a class issue

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After every Republican in the Senate and conservative Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (West Virginia) voted against a bill to guarantee abortion access in the U.S. on Wednesday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) questioned why Manchin caucuses with Democrats at all.

Though the bill didn’t have a chance of passing without filibuster abolition or reform, Senate leaders hoped to get lawmakers’ votes opposing abortion access on the public record. All 49 other Democrats in the Senate voted for the bill, which would have allowed health care providers to conduct abortions “prior to fetal viability” or if the parent’s or fetus’s health is at risk. It would also explicitly ban states from prohibiting access to such services, with the goal of essentially codifying Roe v. Wade into law.

In a tweet clearly aimed at Manchin, Sanders wrote: “If you can’t stand up for a woman’s right to choose, for voting rights, for an economy that works for all, why are you caucusing with the Senate Democrats? We need a Democratic Majority where all members believe in economic, racial, social and environmental justice.”

Manchin announced his opposition to the bill ahead of the vote on Wednesday afternoon, claiming that he wouldn’t vote for it because “it expands abortion,” he told reporters. His statements echo that of Senate Republicans, who say that they oppose the bill because it overrules state laws and doesn’t carve out exceptions for Catholic hospitals to refuse to provide abortions.

Moderate Republicans and Manchin claim that they’re generally opposed to abortion bans – yet their opposition to the scope of the bill shows that they want at least some restrictions to remain. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced a competing bill that they say would only codify Roe – but the law has a loophole that would still allow restrictions on abortions, like the Mississippi law barring abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, or about eight weeks earlier than the time frame protected under Roe.

With the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade in the works, the bill’s passage is more urgent than ever to protect families and save countless lives by guaranteeing abortion access at the federal level. Many Democratic lawmakers swiftly jumped to action after the Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked last week, joining pro-abortion protesters and warning that overturning Roe would be a major step on the far right’s path to restricting a variety of other rights.

The exceptions were Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona). Shortly after the leaked draft opinion became public, Manchin and Sinema announced that they would not support efforts to reform or abolish the filibuster in order to protect abortion rights – essentially making it impossible to codify the abortion protections in Roe. Manchin has previously described himself as “pro-life.”

With Manchin’s relentless obstruction of nearly every Democratic priority over the course of Joe Biden’s presidency, many political commentators and frustrated Democratic lawmakers have questioned why the conservative even considers himself a part of the Democratic party.

According to a recently released excerpt from an upcoming book, This Will Not Pass, Manchin has joked around with Republican colleagues that he should change parties. He has repeatedly insisted that he is a Democrat, but his opposition to virtually every Democratic proposal and the major financial support he receives from right-wing sources have caused his allegiances to frequently be called into question.

#us politics #news #2022 #sen. joe manchin #sen. bernie sanders #women's health protection act #roe v. wade #abortions #abortion bans #obstructionism #democrats #Republicans #conservatives #centrist democrats #sen. kyrsten sinema #sen. lisa murkowski #sen. susan collins #reproductive rights #reproductive health

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That's 1 in every 5 people.

"In recent years, several laws targeting transgender adults have been proposed or enacted. These laws eliminate Medicaid coverage for transgender healthcare, permit pharmacists and hospital systems to discriminate against transgender patients, and impose restrictions on providers in various ways. Until recently, little information was available on how these new statutes affect transgender adults. While their care is often not explicitly prohibited, they may still experience disruptions due to anti-transgender laws. Now, a just released Data for Progress poll reveals that 24% of transgender adults have had their healthcare disrupted or discontinued as a result of anti-transgender legislation."

Start LOUDLY supporting your trans friends!!! Post pride flags! Remind everyone you're an ally! Make support for trans people so incredibly mainstream again that it's impossible to ignore!

It's not enough to support us silently while we're facing record amounts of legislation trying to make us illegal. You have to make sure they stop trying to hurt us.

Check the map below and please get to work on organizing to fight the bills being presented in your state!!!

#lgbtqia2s+ #queer #lesbian #gay #trans #transgender #intersex #two spirit #aro #ace #solidarity #queer community #lgbt community #nex Benedict #pride #joe biden #biden #protest #human rights #queer rights #trans rights #trans rights are human rights #drag #lgbt #capitalism #leftist #usa #democrats #republicans #centrists

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#twitter #us politics #liberals #centrists #leftists #democrats #joe biden

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whenever anyone talks about "neither right wing nor left wing but something else" or "third position" or "a position outside of capitalism and communism" it should always immediately set off alarm bells in your head btw. it's literally neo-fascism, nazbols are major proponents of it and it's making a resurgence particularly in europe at the moment, and it is wholly rejected by actual communists

#and if you hear marxists talk about how centrists and social democrats are fascists in disguise its tied to this lol

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The “moderate” President proving to be as “moderate” as expected, unfortunately

#politics #us politics #government #Joe Biden #democrats #centrists #scotus #supreme court #abortion #news #current events #important

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Politics in the U.S. have shifted sooo much to the right that now there are only two competing political spectrums:

The far right drawing bills that would allow kids/ teenagers to work longer hours and perform some currently banned tasks, cutting taxes on the super rich (increasing them on the poor), criminalizing abortion (some states even want to implement the death sentence to women who have abortions), criminalizing trans people (by banning drag shows, or anything that 'sexualizes' children, without of course fobidding beauty competitions in little girls in bikinis), banning any books that talk about racism, trans people or homosexuality from schools, etc. There are people even talking about banning women's rights to vote.

Versus the center right, a.k.a. Democrats which are even more right than the CDU, which is Germany's center right party that widely endorses universal health care and many other social issues that the Democratic party rarely even talks about or would even dream in supporting ("Like why should I pay for other's peoples' wellbeing").

The center left, i.e. Bernie Sanders, is out of the panorama, since it is considered far left even by the Democrats in the U.S. of A. Bernie Sanders is by no means, a socialist. He'd be an average SPD member, which is Germany's current ruling center left party.

While the Evangelical right of the U.S. does not represent the majority, they have so much power, that they managed to succeed in drawing all these antisocial legislations. It's not only a democracy question, but the truly worrying thing is that they can be considered the Western Hemisphere's equivalent of the Taliban.

#far right #christofascism #american politics #child labor #center right #center left #centrist #trans rights #womens rights #abortion #reproductive rights #democratic party #republican party #bernie sanders #beauty pageant #book banning #cdu

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One of the things that piss me off and makes me hate centrist is that it's almost always:

"look yes Biden is helping commit a genocide but the othr guy is worse so stop being a whiny bitch and get the fuck back in line. How dare you question us"

And not.

"look yes Biden is helping commit genocide but thanks to political pressure from the base he is maybe changing how he is handling this he also has done a bunch of good things. See you can influence politics if you stay involved. "

Almost like centrists will take any opportunity to attack the left and try to limit their power and tell them to shut the hell up.

#politics #stop blaming the left for moderates failure #leftist #centrist #joe biden #democrat party #democrats

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I think its worth noting that here in America (and I'm sure in the UK as well) the 'pro immigrant' party is also the party that's actively TRYING to help it's own citizens first. That's usually... a thing. The pro immigration party is also pro universal healthcare. And pro college. And pro affordable housing. And pro workers rights. It's a package deal.

Weird, right?

#anonymous #ask #politics for ts #labour is uh #trying to totally avoid the immigration/brexit issue #and are imho quite a bit more centrist than the democrats currently #but the tories have reached such cartoon levels of evil/economic chaos that 'maybe don't do that' is good for a 26 point lead in the polls

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#us politics #twitter #tweet #2022 elections #2022 midterms #2022 #rep. alexandria ocasio cortez #ny #new york #democrats #progressives #roe v. wade #pro choice #2nd amendment #gun control #gun rights #abortions #abortion bans #corporate democrats #centrist democrats #rep. henry cuellar #jessica cisneros

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By Jess Coleman

When, in December 2021, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced he would vote “no” on President Biden’s signature legislative proposal, the Build Back Better Act, the reaction boiled down to: “Well, what did you expect?” After all, Manchin, despite being a Democrat, is from deep-red West Virginia, and politicians from deep-red states simply cannot vote in favor of major progressive policies championed by the leader of the Democratic Party. That’s just politics, dummy. That Biden and his fellow Democrats even tried was treated in some circles as painfully naïve: Unless Democrats learn that basic lesson and bring centrists into the fold, they’ll never achieve a vibrant, sustainable majority. Or so sayeth the conventional wisdom.

So when Manchin announced last week that he is considering leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent, his rationale was hardly difficult to predict. “The brand has become so bad,” he said, drawing on the oft-repeated talking point that the Democrats have lept too far left. In other words—and in contravention of all logic, given the results of the 2022 midterms—Manchin simply cannot in good conscience remain with a party that, in substance and style, provides no room for leaders seeking to appeal to a moderate, bipartisan electorate.

Don’t be fooled. Manchin’s charade is hardly one of principle. It’s one of total desperation.

There are no secrets about Manchin’s political situation at home. After being reelected in 2018 by just 3%, in a year in which Democrats vastly outperformed expectations nationally, Manchin has an enormous hill to climb with his reelection looming in 2024. But the West Virginia Senator doesn’t seem to have much interest in taking responsibility for the electoral crisis in which he has enmeshed himself. Instead, he’d like us to believe the political forces around him have simply left him no choice: Both sides have drawn too far to the extremes, leaving no political home for the critical mass of centrist West Virginians who sent him to Washington. Hence the need to chart a new path on his own.

The framing echoes a convenient perspective that is adored by the media and political establishment: Elections are not won with base voters, but through a small slice of persuadable, moderate swing voters, perpetually lurking just outside of frame. Democrats, in turn, need to have some Joe Manchins—those politicians who embody the voters who are key to electoral success—lying around to be taken seriously. The failure to keep these soi-disant moderate saviors on hand reveals a fundamental structural deficiency for the party writ large.

But if it’s true that Manchin is such a political genius—uniquely capable of surviving as a Democrat in a deep red state—you would expect that his victory is owed to a broad cross section of voters from a variety of political camps. Alas, that’s the complete opposite of what happened in 2018. According to CNN exit polls, Manchin garnered the votes of 64% of those who identify as moderates, and just 23% of conservatives. Those numbers are roughly in line with what New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand achieved that same year: 70% and 18%, respectively. The reality is Manchin barely made it over the finish line in roughly the same way Democrats all around the country win their seats: by running up the numbers with voters on the political left—Manchin won 80% of self-identified liberals in 2018.

Indeed, as The New Republic’s Alex Pareene observed in 2021, Manchin is actually far more reliant on Democratic voters than many of his blue state counterparts. While someone like Gillibrand can afford to lose large swaths of Democrats in a state where they are in ample supply, Manchin needs to pull virtually every registered Democrat in his state to win. Against all logic, Manchin approached Biden’s first term as if the rules that governed his electoral hopes were precisely opposite to reality. Instead of rewarding his most loyal voters—dyed-in-the-wool liberal Democrats—by delivering for them in Washington, Manchin has spent his latest term going out of his way to alienate his base and position himself in a political no man’s land: personally steamrolling key Democratic priorities while siding with his party on most routine issues and appointments.

In short, Manchin made a bet. He believed he could rely on the support of Democrats and spent nearly all his time trying to appeal to a tiny, if not nonexistent, group of voters who are up for grabs and have no real allegiance to either of the two dominant political parties. It hasn’t worked out the way Manchin anticipated, and this is where he now finds himself—orchestrating a last-ditch, hopeless effort to create a new political reality from thin air.

It is possible Manchin never had a shot at reelection, had fortune and circumstance not permitted him to avail himself of 2018’s political trends, we’d already have a Republican holding that West Virginia Senate seat. But the broader lesson is crucial for those in the media and elected leadership who constantly insist that disregarding the Democratic base in service of pursuing the allegedly vast rewards that come from focusing solely on the views of the so-called centrist, swing voters is the only viable path to victory in American politics. Those who subscribe to this view should explain why the two most notable Democrats who aggressively pursued this approach—Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin—are currently fighting for their political lives, while other red-state Democratic senators such as Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Jon Tester of Montana have consistently survived—and remain loyal to the party’s big priorities even when their electoral hopes face massive headwinds.

Mostly, we have to understand something simple about Manchin: We are not watching a political genius at work. He’s not on the verge of revealing a masterful plan to pull off another miracle in West Virginia. This is a desperate politician squirming for his political life after making a series of catastrophic political decisions. Manchin has hardly proven that the Democratic Party is mortally wounded due to its failure to leave room for the center left. All he’s done is reinforce a very basic rule in politics: Doing the opposite of what your voters want is an idiotic election strategy.

#us politics #news #the new republic #2023 #west virginia #sen. joe manchin #biden administration #president joe biden #Democratic Party #Democrats #centrists #independents #2024 elections #sen. Kirsten Gillibrand #Alex Pareene #Sen. sherrod Brown #sen. Jon Tester #Jess Coleman #op eds

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This is a serious question and you dont have to answer if its not worth your time- this is coming from a place of pure curiosity and me being at a loss for what to do-

If biden isnt an option- What do we do about the upcoming election? Like do we not vote at all - or vote third party? I feel like this is a similar situation to 2016 were a non-vote is too close to a vote for trump. Thanks for any opinions youre willing to share.

Vote 3rd party, yes. I'm voting for Jasmine Sherman.

And not voting is a vote. It's a vote for a candidate you should've had. If Democrats lose it's their own fault, not yours. Their entire job is to earn votes and serve their country and constituents. If they can't even do the first part right that's not Your fault.

I gotta say it's bizarre to hear the same rhetoric behind "well they wouldn't have cheated if you did xyz more" come from the mouth of my peers & public officials about voting. And it's weirder that it works when millennials had such a hard self care/boundaries phase.

If Biden loses it's cuz he fucking sucks, not cuz your standards were too high. You get shitty people by lowering your standards. We wouldn't be in this situation if VBNMW wasn't co-opted and weaponized to choose the most right leaning Democrats possible every election. Nothing is gonna change if we keep doing that.

Don't let Dems gaslight you like a shitty ex.

#asked #answered #voting #electoral politics #2024 elections #democrats #republicans #centrists #liberals #leftist #capitalism #biden #biden 2024 #vbnmw #usa #us politics

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#American democrats/centrists are showing more sympathy towards a toy commercial than black and brown people suffering through genocides #this is a former head of state showing more humanity TONALLY for oscar snubs than she has any time she has discussed Palestine #tw flashing

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Code Blue

by Jen Sorensen

TheNib.com

#politics #the left #comics #democrats #democratic party #centrists #centrism #progressive movement #progressive #comic #webcomic #the nib

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doesn't really matter whether any individual democratic politician, or the democratic party as a whole, are 1) just woefully out of touch with what the people really want OR 2) straight up being evil on purpose while knowing full well that none of their voters or constituents approve. the end result is indistinguishable

#just saw someone insisting that the only way to change the democratic party was to voice displeasure EXTREMELY LOUDLY #because they're all old people who aren't on twitter enough and just don't know what The Youth are supporting these days #''​they move further right every election and court the mythical undecided centrist vote no matter how many times #it blows up and loses them elections because they just don't KNOW how far left their voterbase actually is!!'' i think #you might just be stupid. actually

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#capitalism #centrists #neoliberalism #kyrsten sinema #arizona #democrats #corruption #wall street #big pharma #current events #news