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[–] Allonzee 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

https://apnews.com/article/business-nancy-pelosi-congress-8685e82eb6d6e5b42413417f3d5d6775 (Pelosi defends lawmaker stock trades, citing ‘free market’)

Our political "left," ladies and germs.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

pelosi ain't left at all. not by a long ....road

[–] Allonzee 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

We have maybe 2-4 individuals in all of Congress, none promoted within the DNC as that is determined by how well you "fundraise," aka demonstrate you're willing and able to get the biggest bribe checks, that might actually hold some economically leftist ideals.

They are hated and undermined by both parties harder than either party fights the other. The DNC and leaders like Pelosi and Schumer are far more at ease with Trump being President than They would with AOC.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-and-nancy-pelosi (Nancy Pelosi 'Making Calls' to Undermine AOC's Bid for Top Oversight Role)

Behold Democrat leadership's priorities a month before Trump takes office, kneecap the farthest left member of her chamber yet again.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

Exactly their point, it's not left vs right, it's the ruling class vs the laborers