At a Unity Stop in Nebraska, Democrats Find Anything But

[SecularMotion]

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Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — Rarely has a municipal election in a midsize city ignited such a fierce national debate over what defines a Democrat. But the election this spring for mayor of Omaha is pitting abortion rights activists against economic populists and threatening the party’s unity as it regroups to confront President Trump.

Part of the twist: The populist side’s standard-bearer, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, is not even a Democrat.

“This is very raw,” said Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, conceding that “after the presidential election, there is still this ongoing debate about identity politics versus economic opportunity.”

Mr. Sanders and the new leadership of the Democratic National Committee touched a party sore spot this week when they took their “Unity Tour” to Omaha to rally for a mayoral candidate who opposes abortion rights. Mr. Sanders, repurposing the themes of his presidential bid, told a crowd of about 6,000 on Thursday night that the candidate, Heath Mello, 37, would be a future star in the Democratic Party who could help break the grip of big money on the nation’s politics.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democrats-nebraska.html

[murielm99]

1. Bernie needs to go home

and sit down somewhere. There was no sore spot or rift in the party until he came along. It was a mistake to allow him to have a position as an outreach person. The DNC needs to admit their mistake and send him home.

[Squinch]

2. Yeah. This isn't working.

The whole unity outreach thing is kind of kumbaya bullshit. As another poster pointed out, we should be putting all of our efforts into beating the bushes to register voters and personally touching ALL the Democratic voters who didn't vote, and educating people on how their not voting is directly hurting them.

I went to see two Democratic candidates speak yesterday. They are running against each other for the nod to run against our Republican County Executive. They talked about what is going to happen when the federal laws trickle down to the local levels. It's going to be devastating. We haven't seen anything yet, and we need EVERYONE to know this is a direct result of THEIR vote or non-vote.

[Paladin]

3. Bernie needs to "re-purpose" himself, and deamned quickly.

Democrats simply cannot afford another ugly bout of party-shredding. The stakes are much to high.

[Agschmid]

4. People need to stop alerting on NYTimes articles like this one...

This is *NOT* a divisive group attack, the alert was sent in *BAD* faith.

Get over it.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Fuck Bernie. He struck a nerve last year but now he should just STFU and...

let real Democrats with boots on the ground and invested in the party work things out. I don't know how you deal with Mello in Nebraska, and I doubt Bernie does either.

Unity when he won't even join the party?

Fuck him.

[DonViejo]

6. Locking...

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