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In reply to the discussion: The Bernie Bros and sisters are coming to Republicans' rescue [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)The majority of the Democrats in the House have joined as co-sponsors of Conyers's bill for single payer. But Pelosi and Hoyer, nominally the leaders, are resisting it. Thus they are sowing division in the Democratic Party.
See how silly this is? There actually are internal disagreements about policy. If you want to, you can pick one side (the one you agree with of course) as the default, and say that anyone who disagrees with you is sowing division and thereby helping the Republicans.
BTW, some of the people who denounce "litmus tests" and "purity" were among those who criticized Bernie because he endorsed a Nebraska candidate who, in his critics' eyes, was insufficiently pure on the subject of reproductive rights. That's another illustration of the hypocrisy of these calls for unity above all else. The people who express such vehement horror about division within the party always mean that the division could and should be ended easily -- "Everyone just agrees with me and then we'll have unity."
The funny thing is that so many people take time out from these denunciations of "divisiveness" to point out, with great moral superiority, how the Republicans all march in lockstep, as opposed to the Democrats who of course are entitled to use their brains instead of just taking orders from On High.