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(94,562 posts) Wed Feb 15, 2017, 04:00 PM Feb 2017

New Liberal PAC Targets Democrats for Primaries [View all]

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Source: NBC News

A new progressive Political Action Committee plans to recruit and fund primary opponents to Democratic members of Congress that it feels are not aggressive enough in fighting President Donald Trump.

[link:http://wewillreplaceyou.org/WeWillReplaceYou.org] was formed by a group of progressive activists with backgrounds in the Bernie Sanders campaign, the environmental movement, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the DREAMer movement of young undocumented immigrants.

It's a project of #AllofUs, a new millennial progressive organization that has protested Democratic members of the Senate, urging them to draw a harder line against Trump's cabinet nominees and policy agenda.

While many liberals, including filmmaker Michael Moore, have issued nominal threats of left-wing challenges to Democratic lawmakers, WeWillReplaceYou.org appears to be the first organized effort to explicitly turn those threats into a reality. That will likely put it on a collision course with Democratic efforts to protect incumbents.

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New Liberal PAC Targets Democrats for Primaries [View all] brooklynite Feb 2017 OP

I Believe It-They Already Replaced a Democrat with a Republican in the White house Stallion Feb 2017 #1

+1000 OKNancy Feb 2017 #7

Word n/t otohara Feb 2017 #14

and who do you blame for loss of control of the Senate, House, most governorships and yurbud Feb 2017 #16

Binary-thinking ideologues who refuse to vote strategically because 'my purity' emulatorloo Feb 2017 #33

isn't the binary thinking on the side of those who think voters only have two choices and have to yurbud Feb 2017 #105

Face reality treestar Feb 2017 #110

that is why someone like Bernie has to come into the Democratic Party to have a chance of winning yurbud Feb 2017 #114

the process was not "rigged" treestar Feb 2017 #120

Delusional conspiracy theory. The primary wasn't "rigged." emulatorloo Mar 2017 #124

This will only help Trump... Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #137

Those who ragged on President Obama in 08...green types... Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #58

you can't control other people's behavior, only your own. the Democratic Party has to ask yurbud Feb 2017 #68

They can go away...they are unreliable and will never be Democrats. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #70

why don't they vote in their own self interest? treestar Feb 2017 #111

this sounds like the Bush defense of torture--"At least we don't behead nobody like Saddam did!" yurbud Feb 2017 #115

There is a lot of difference between the two parties treestar Feb 2017 #119

there needs to be more difference on economic & foreign policy too yurbud Feb 2017 #122

Bullshit. Whose responsible for Dodd-Frank? Republicans? emulatorloo Mar 2017 #129

Clinton did just that by opposing Dictator Putin and thus earned the wrath of oil billionaires delisen Mar 2017 #130

it's swinging for right because of Democrats competing to carry corporate water yurbud Feb 2017 #123

Dude, I read Marx too. I think you're full of it. emulatorloo Mar 2017 #126

Carrying corporate water-sloganeering. It's like saying "Make America Great Again" delisen Mar 2017 #127

They never accomplsh anything Progressive dog Feb 2017 #78

They don't...and if we let them they will reform the Democratic party into Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #80

Politicians who dont know how to talk to real people adigal Feb 2017 #95

term limits give more power to staffers and lobbyists since they'll be the only ones yurbud Feb 2017 #103

Good point nt adigal Feb 2017 #104

Yep, exactly!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2017 #51

They sure did. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #57

They sure did, Progressive dog Feb 2017 #77

no. but funny still. nt JCanete Feb 2017 #88

Wow, you nailed that one still_one Feb 2017 #101

Yes. treestar Feb 2017 #109

No!! Get Dems elected in 2018 and then hold them accountable in 2020. nikibatts Feb 2017 #117

Plus infinity ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #125

This sounds like the beginnings of a trainwreck... that will have many unintended consequences. NurseJackie Feb 2017 #2

Didn't we learn anything from the last election? i guess not. nikibatts Feb 2017 #69

The good is again the enemy of the perfect DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #3

then tell the corporate tool to drop out. Their day is over. yurbud Feb 2017 #18

Turned out it wasn't DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #23

That's fair, and it never will be if we don't have a unified party, consistently and loudly JCanete Feb 2017 #91

It seems more likely the progressive era will end with these folks. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #59

if the corporate wing doesn't change their stripes or get out of the way, the GOP will continue to yurbud Feb 2017 #67

See I find that insulting...just because you don't Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #71

victory to do WHAT? The problem with DLC/New Democrat way is winning became an end in itself yurbud Feb 2017 #72

No it didn't...the DNC supported one of its own Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #75

Dems are doing a much better job fighting right now than they did during Bush yurbud Feb 2017 #79

See this is what I object to...how exactly are Democrats doing a better job fighting? Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #81

We probably agree on this. Sometimes incrementalism looks a lot like rolling back those gains though yurbud Feb 2017 #82

Really...becaue where I sit...kasich just felt Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #90

in some areas, like K-12 education Arne Duncan and Dems in Congress pressed the privatization yurbud Feb 2017 #83

We will be fortunate to still have any sort of Public education when Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #89

No such thing as DLC new Democrat...hasn't been for years. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #96

Third Way, New Democrats...you know something is wrong with a product when you have to keep changing yurbud Feb 2017 #99

If you were just concerned about funding campaigns, Bernie and Howard Dean before him should have yurbud Feb 2017 #73

I adore Howard Dean actually...but he purged no one. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #74

you have lost nearly everything with the current approach yurbud Feb 2017 #86

That was not Howard Dean's approach...after we stopped the 50 Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #87

good point about not purging. yurbud Feb 2017 #106

Before United, we were taking money. I think we have to be careful about tone though. JCanete Feb 2017 #93

Yep kevink077 Feb 2017 #76

It worked for the teabaggers. I'm in. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #4

Out of curiosity, (asking this as someone who grew up in WV), can Tanuki Feb 2017 #84

Well, I live "next door" in a purple state, so perhaps I have it easy in a way. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #107

hear, hear! nt Stellar Feb 2017 #118

Stupid people - this is why we lose OKNancy Feb 2017 #5

This is the only pressure they will respond to. alarimer Feb 2017 #6

Yeah ...a DINO is about all we can expect in WVA Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #17

Here is the deal if this was 2008 when Democrats could do something... Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #60

Wouldn't it be wiser to work to get more Repugnants out of office first since cstanleytech Feb 2017 #8

Yes, but nobody ever thinks of anything so simple or practical. It's all about the "purity"... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #12

This sort of thinking put Trump in the White House. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #19

True Me. Feb 2017 #26

Yes. emulatorloo Feb 2017 #35

Not when your goal is to weaken the Democrats nini Feb 2017 #92

Astroturf. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #9

Damn! Just looked and they're a bunch of barn-burners. Hortensis Feb 2017 #10

That is an impressive coalition. demmiblue Feb 2017 #11

As one who helped drive Holy Joe Lieberman from the Dem Party Larkspur Feb 2017 #13

and what was the result...in the end Joe ran and won as an independent and with a score to settle Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #20

I'm very proud of my work to oust douche bag Lieberman Larkspur Feb 2017 #21

I hate Lieberman Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #40

If we did not primary Lieberman he would still be in the Senate poking Dems in the eye today Larkspur Feb 2017 #45

No he wouldn't still be in the Senate in my opinion Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #46

You are wrong Larkspur Feb 2017 #47

We will never know. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #53

great points. yurbud Feb 2017 #85

wow, I haven't seen a Lieberman apologist on a DEM discussion board in long while. m-lekktor Feb 2017 #32

Apologist? Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #39

Thanks to our primary of Lieberman in 2006 we now have a good Democrat in his stead Larkspur Feb 2017 #49

Maybo so... Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #50

Again you are wrong and you sound like a defeatist Larkspur Feb 2017 #56

He didn't have the votes for the public option...and there Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #61

Not about attacking Lieberman type Democrats for purity Larkspur Feb 2017 #66

I am still trying to figure out how so many Bernie voters came to the conclusion that HRC was StevieM Feb 2017 #44

They both loved corporate money Larkspur Feb 2017 #48

HRC did not have a different voting record or different priorities than Barack Obama, Joe Biden or StevieM Feb 2017 #55

Maybe they can get Jill Stein to lead them.... Shell_Seas Feb 2017 #15

this is a good move but I am afraid if they pick candidates too far to the left, that won't help us. nikibatts Feb 2017 #22

Too far to the left? What does that even mean at this point? So what will ''help us" more DINOs? YOHABLO Feb 2017 #28

Yes, as Russ Feingold's and Zephyr Teachout's stunning victories in 2016 have proven emulatorloo Feb 2017 #34

It means that no matter what you will never elect a liberal in West Virginia... Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #41

Yes...a 'dino' in WVAis better than a Republican in WVA... Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #64

The Koch Bros. will be glad to make a donation. nt Cognitive_Resonance Feb 2017 #24

I suspect they already have. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #30

Time to do some weeding nt elmac Feb 2017 #25

I know I'm supposed to condemn them because we will lose some seats. HassleCat Feb 2017 #27

Get "them" under control? Challenge them, get rid of them. YOHABLO Feb 2017 #31

Who exactly are you referring to? Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #42

exactly, it is a miracle that their is a Democrat elected treestar Feb 2017 #112

In this environment...it really doesn't matter. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Jake Stern Feb 2017 #29

Kick! zentrum Feb 2017 #36

Stick to targeting Republicans for 2018. Leave the Dems alone. nikibatts Feb 2017 #37

I like it ... Dr Rise Feb 2017 #38

I am sure you think so... Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #43

Why are comments like this acceptable? The post didn't rise to the occasion of a right-wing JCanete Feb 2017 #94

He defended and praised Trump in my opinion. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #97

in a different post or in this one? Anyway, I appreciate you not abusing the alert function. I never JCanete Feb 2017 #100

You seem concerned. Please feel free to air more of your concerns, and enjoy your stay. msanthrope Feb 2017 #113

Well, been here since 2003, so if its a standard cordiality at this point, Welcome to DU and JCanete Feb 2017 #116

it's not the post Skittles Mar 2017 #133

This will be painful. HassleCat Feb 2017 #52

Lets do our best to make sure that the GOP retains control of congress Gothmog Feb 2017 #54

You can count on these folks to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory everytime. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #63

Wonder Who Is Funding? TomCADem Feb 2017 #65

Democrats need to represent their constituents NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #98

If millineals would turn out to vote in higher numbers Bradical79 Feb 2017 #102

there is a lesson in the little state of Delaware treestar Feb 2017 #108

Disgustingly Moderate henbuck Feb 2017 #121

Oh fuck this shit bravenak Mar 2017 #128

If these people are Greens or are into "political purity". . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2017 #131

Not a good idea. It would be better to go after Republicans in purple states than after tblue37 Mar 2017 #132

YES! nikibatts Mar 2017 #134

Trump is in trouble?? RandiFan1290 Mar 2017 #135

completely stupid when you are trying to flip the House and the Senate... Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #136

Useful idiots... Needless to say Tulsi probably gets a pass Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #138