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Ocasio-Cortez, a dues-paying member of Democratic Socialists of America (whose leadership has been openly calling for communism) - says that the US should abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), while also claiming that illegal aliens deserve a "right of passage" into the United States.
And despite being called out recently for projecting a blue collar "girl from the Bronx" image while growing up in a wealthy enclave, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez told progressive radio host Bill Press Tuesday that Ocasio-Cortez represents "the future of our party."
And while "Democratic insurgents" (as the Washington Post calls them) want to abolish ICE, the rest of the Democratic party is not behind her. Not even Bernie Sanders would commit to the notion.
It’s certainly true that Sanders is to the left of most Democrats. But contrary to how he’s often portrayed in the media, he is not a doctrinaire leftist. His principal benefit to the left has been to mainstream certain beliefs—namely, that access to health care, education, and living wages are rights, not luxuries. But Sanders is not a revolutionary. His views aren’t even entirely consistent with democratic socialism, the political tradition he claims. It’s one thing to call for breaking up the big banks, and quite another to call for the nationalization of private industries.
Sanders isn’t just to the right of the average American socialist; he’s to the right of Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the U.K.’s Labour Party. While nationalization is a key pillar of the party’s platform, it is ground politicians in the United States still fear to tread. In similar fashion, Sanders has yet to put forward a coherent leftist vision for foreign policy, a needless failure considering socialism’s historical commitment to the prosperity of working people around the world.
originally posted by: infolurker
Well it appears official, the DNC is now embracing the Democratic Socialists as the Future Of Their Party (The ones praising communism). In case you were hopeful the party would move to the center, give that thought up.
www.zerohedge.com...
Ocasio-Cortez, a dues-paying member of Democratic Socialists of America (whose leadership has been openly calling for communism) - says that the US should abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), while also claiming that illegal aliens deserve a "right of passage" into the United States.
And despite being called out recently for projecting a blue collar "girl from the Bronx" image while growing up in a wealthy enclave, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez told progressive radio host Bill Press Tuesday that Ocasio-Cortez represents "the future of our party."
And while "Democratic insurgents" (as the Washington Post calls them) want to abolish ICE, the rest of the Democratic party is not behind her. Not even Bernie Sanders would commit to the notion.
Multiple Democratic Socialists of America leaders endorse Communism:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Meanwhile, we now find out that Bernie Sanders is "Not Left" and is To Right for them.
Bernie Sanders Is Not the Left
His refusal to endorse ICE's abolition is the latest evidence that he's not the politician that many believe him to be.
newrepublic.com...
"Democrats are making a massive political mistake by calling for the end of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)," declared Julian Zelizer, a political analyst for CNN and a history and public affairs professor at Princeton University.
originally posted by: neo96
For SNIPS and Giggles ?
Even a broken clock is right at least twice a day
"Democrats are making a massive political mistake by calling for the end of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)," declared Julian Zelizer, a political analyst for CNN and a history and public affairs professor at Princeton University.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: infolurker
I'm glad you started this thread. I started one similar that led off with this video of Democrat Protestors attempting to stop I.C.E. from raiding a Pedophile and Human Trafficking house in Los Angeles, this morning.