The democratic socialist Melat Kiros unseated the long-serving US representative Diana DeGette in Colorado’s primary elections held on Tuesday, the latest in a string of high-profile victories for the party’s insurgent left.
The Associated Press reported that Kiros had defeated DeGette for the Democratic nomination in the deep-blue first congressional district centered on Denver. Kiros’s triumph came a week after New York voters unseated two Democratic congressional incumbents and replaced a third who was retiring with candidates who had campaigned on standing up to Israel amid accusations that it was carrying out a genocide in Gaza.
How about “no fucking kids or committing genocide for another country”?
I dunno man you’re asking an awful lot… :P
Jokes aside- elections are supposed to find the best of us to represent the rest. It really shouldn’t be that hard to find someone who’s a. not into raping 14yo’s, b, frowns on genocide, and c. has basic administrative/leadership skills.
And yet…
When corporations are considered people, and can donate to political campaigns, real people don’t matter. Citizens United destroyed America…Trump is just a symptom of that system.
The conservatives in America have wanted a fascist state since before WWII; FDR was their nightmare, and they fought all through the 2nd half of the 20th century to lay the groundwork for someone like Trump to come along. Their goal has never been democracy.