• barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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      4 hours ago

      Beating well-established Democratic royalty on their home turf by a Muslim is a pretty solid punch in the face.

      He even had Clinton’s endorsement. This was a very clear Fuck You to the Democratic party.

      • CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N@sh.itjust.works
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        6 hours ago

        For sure, but we’ve seen hope like this go down the drain before. The circumstances here were favorable I think. RCV primary against an unlikable and disgraced opponent in NYC is hardly a death knell for the national corpo Dems

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          Agreed as well, and I don’t wanna jump for joy yet but we gotta take our victories as they come. Hopefully this is a snowball that causes an avalanche of change.