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In reply to the discussion: OMG this is perfect - The Onion nails the AOC phenomenon [View all]Texin
(2,595 posts)Back when the Tea Party was rising like a malignant red tide, these MAGAts (sic.) were replicating like shmoos and running their rabid mouths non-stop 24/7, did anybody in the rethug party tell any of these cretins to sit down and shut up? Yeah, maybe Bill Christol and a few other so-called rethug pundits, but they took over the party by 2012 and have held it in a death grip ever since. As bad as that has been for America and the Democrats since, the Dems have been timidly trying to be mellow and *moderate* and their words have fallen on deaf ears. The Dems are not going to defeat these MAGAts by sticking to a middle-of-the-road approach. They're going to have to sharply define and distinguish themselves from the opposition or they will be losing the battles and the country will cease to be a democracy. The AOCs of the party have been the most distinguishing difference from the run-of-the-mill politicians, and they're winning. I believe they'll keep on winning if they stick to these messages and fight those battles within their own party and out.