CNN - 4/25/2021 - @CoriBush asked what's stopping the squad from #forcingthevote on their progressive priorities
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Replying to @CaseStudyQB @CoriBush
I don't get the "You vote alone" comment. They're not willing to vote as a block and exert the power that comes from that?

Apr 26, 2021 · 4:29 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @CaseStudyQB @CoriBush
I kind of got what she was getting at towards the end. She was saying essentially, if you vote against the grain, she could be losing out on favors for her district. Not excusing it, but I’m just trying to get in her head because I think she was being honest here
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But all members of the Squad represent districts that reflect essentially the same values. So at a certain point they make a political calculation how best to serve all their districts, and decide whether that means acting as a team in the way they vote.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @CaseStudyQB @CoriBush
She is slowly turning into a politician, smh... with all the baggage that comes with that: obfuscation, deflection, saying stuff which kinda makes it look like you are answering the question, but in reality bot saying anything to rock the boat too much
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Replying to @marwilliamson @CaseStudyQB @CoriBush
Power in numbers is the whole point of getting "progressives" in the House. To pretend they're on their own is just not how this is supposed to work. "You vote alone" is a dodge. Really put off by that response.
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Christopher Frank @mahasidha27
26 Apr 2021
Replying to @briebriejoy
Kyle Kulinski: progressives were sent to Congress to vote as a block;to replicate the way the Tea Party succeeded but this is for those who still believe in the long game;I do not bc in the long run you are dead;the long game is killing people now!
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Replying to @marwilliamson @CaseStudyQB @CoriBush
Before the speaker vote, Rashida & Ilhan made it clear in interviews they were good with Pelosi. AOC spoke out. AOC & Bush held back voting to the end but there wasn’t even one more that would have been needed. AOC & Bush are not the problem w/ block voting.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ProudSocialist @CaseStudyQB @CoriBush
It’s called a “cop out” & the squad have proven themselves obsolete. Prove me wrong. ✌🏼
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Replying to @marwilliamson @CaseStudyQB @CoriBush
They're not a big enough bloc for that to matter. That's why you endorsed a bunch of candidates; to reinforce them and build up that bloc.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @CaseStudyQB @CoriBush
I still want to replace Republicans & centrists with leftists. I think we can still end a lot of b.s. the center is pulling by out numbering them. If we don't keep replacing them we will stay where we are. Many candidates we asked to run last year for next years mid terms.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @CaseStudyQB @CoriBush
No, they are not. She followed “you vote alone” with “you vote to represent your district, their needs..” This is a way to deflect their unwillingness to #FTV by using their individual districts as a shield. They were frauds from the start: wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01…

Ocasio-Cortez and fellow “progressives” supply votes to reelect Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House

The reelection of Pelosi thanks to the votes of Democratic “progressives” has once again demonstrated the bankruptcy of all claims that the Democratic Party can be transformed into an instrument of...

wsws.org
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