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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey're going to call me socialist anyway, Thompson told Ocasio-Cortez. "You might as well come..."
Ben Terris at WaPo:
____Its one of the top theories among Democrats that the way to win back majorities in Congress is to move toward the center, maybe peel off some moderates or at least not freak them out so much that they vote Republican in 2018. Thompson doesnt buy it.
Theyre going to call me a socialist anyway, he said he told Ocasio-Cortez. You might as well come out so we can all have a good time.
...after the rally, Thompson couldnt agree more. He had hundreds of newly registered voters, he said. He had donations pouring in. His daughter finally got to meet one of her old heroes, and one of her newest heroes.
He didnt necessarily agree with everything Ocasio-Cortez or Sanders believe in, but he doesnt think voters care as much about each individual issue as much as they just want someone on their team, someone who fights for them.
Yes, more people were taking to social media to call him a socialist, he said. But with 5,000 roaring fans still in his ears, Thompson said he had a message for the haters.
They can just shut their pie hole, he said. Because that was a good time.
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)That would be amazing.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,911 posts)Yes. Yes. Yes.
bigtree
(85,915 posts)...across so many interests.
So much of government right now is fighting us.
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)If you run fearful of what your enemy will say about you, you have already lost..
They can just shut their pie hole,