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Democratic socialism surging in the age of Trump
ap.com ^ | 7/21/18 | STEVE PEOPLES

Posted on 07/21/2018 4:32:17 PM PDT by ColdOne

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A week ago, Maine Democrat Zak Ringelstein wasn’t quite ready to consider himself a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, even if he appreciated the organization’s values and endorsement in his bid to become a U.S. senator.

Three days later, he told The Associated Press it was time to join up. He’s now the only major-party Senate candidate in the nation to be a dues-paying democratic socialist.

Ringelstein’s leap is the latest evidence of a nationwide surge in the strength and popularity of an organization that, until recently, operated on the fringes of the liberal movement’s farthest left flank. As Donald Trump’s presidency stretches into its second year, democratic socialism has become a significant force in Democratic politics. Its rise comes as Democrats debate whether moving too far left will turn off voters.

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KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; aoc; demsocialism; demsocialists; socialism; trends
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1 posted on 07/21/2018 4:32:17 PM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

BS...TRUMP WAS ELECTED BECAUSE OF DEMORAT SOCIALISM


2 posted on 07/21/2018 4:35:40 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: ColdOne

Hopefully voters will come to realize that a vote for any Democrat is a bottom line endorsement of socialism, open borders and globalism.


3 posted on 07/21/2018 4:40:43 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: ColdOne

They are communists. There is a tyrant in every one of them flailing to get out. Millennials will go for it.


4 posted on 07/21/2018 4:41:22 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: ColdOne

I got the funny feeling that history is repeating itself.


5 posted on 07/21/2018 4:44:20 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Doogle

Has this writer ever heard of Bernie Sanders??? You know, the guy that would have won the Dem nomination in 2016 if Hillary and the DNC hadn’t rigged the Primaries.


6 posted on 07/21/2018 4:49:12 PM PDT by nhbob1
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To: Doogle
BS...TRUMP WAS ELECTED BECAUSE OF DEMORAT SOCIALISM

You haven't been paying attention. You should pay attention. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't going away. There will be more just like her and they're going to start winning congressional seats.

Trump was elected primarily because his MAGA message resonated with Americans and the Democrats ran a corrupt criminal that large numbers of Americans loathed with a red-hot passion (and she still had to cheat to beat her actual Democratic Socialist opponent).

7 posted on 07/21/2018 4:51:48 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: ColdOne

I just saw this article on the Portland Press Hearld website before I opened FR just now.

Zak is a real character. Running for the US Senate in Maine as a socialist. He lives in one of Portland’s upscale suburban towns.

Just looked up his address and it is a couple of houses down from where I grew up. It’s not waterfront, but still a nice neighborhood.

The Yarmouth Clam Festival is this weekend and he is in the County working the Potato Blossom festival. He not going to get many votes up there.

(My introduction to Republican politics was about 50 years ago helping to sell lemonade as a 8 year old at the Yarmouth Republican booth. Back when the Clam Festival aloud political orgs to participate.)


8 posted on 07/21/2018 4:52:05 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: nhbob1
Has this writer ever heard of Bernie Sanders??? You know, the guy that would have won the Dem nomination in 2016 if Hillary and the DNC hadn’t rigged the Primaries.

Read the article. Sanders currently is running around Kansas with a certain Tits McGee trying to hobble establishment Democrat candidates and get socialists on board, much to the chagrin of the elder party leaders.

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9 posted on 07/21/2018 4:56:24 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: ColdOne

Media propaganda.


10 posted on 07/21/2018 4:56:35 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ColdOne

“Democratic socialism surging in the age of Trump”

Wishful hoping by the 50 IQ ape Steve Peoples. What’s surging is the democrat storm troopers, antifa, getting their faces stomped into the concrete.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=antifa+beat+down

Enjoy...


11 posted on 07/21/2018 4:57:08 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: ColdOne

Another DemocRAT for Socialism. SURPRISE, Surprise, surprise.


12 posted on 07/21/2018 5:03:16 PM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: Drew68

“You haven’t been paying attention. You should pay attention. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t going away.

She’s going away like a fart in a whirlwind before the General Election. Yeah, in the $hit hole district where she runs, she may well get elected to Congress, but even the RAT Party won’t have anything to do with her, so she will piss into the wind there for two years and be gone!


13 posted on 07/21/2018 5:14:17 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: CptnObvious

BBC interfering in US elections again:

VIDEO: 4:20 19 Jul: BBC Assignment: The teenagers running for governor in US
You can currently run for office at any age in Kansas, under laws which are part of the state constitution.
The BBC spoke to two teenagers who are running for the position of state governor in November’s elections.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06f2zd6

features: Tyler Ruzich, Republican, who wants controls on gun purchases, higher taxes for schools, is a moderate; Republicans won’t let him debate, silence him.
Jack (Bergeson) is a Democrat, wants very union to strike, until Govt passes legislation increasing minimum wage and universal healthcare & many of the other working class policies “that we need”; Jack is allowed to join in his party’s political debates.

August 2017: Alison Kite: TopekaCapitalJournal: Wichita 16-year-old says he will run for governor but cannot vote for himself
Bergeson, a rising junior at The Independent School in Wichita, said he thought Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 Democratic presidential primary campaign successfully engaged young people...
Bergeson laid out a lofty set of mostly-progressive campaign goals, including overhauling the state’s health care system, legalizing medical marijuana, considering legalization of recreational marijuana and raising the minimum wage. He said he thought the next governor would also have to raise taxes again to help deal with the state’s persistent budget shortfalls. He advocated raising taxes on those earning more than $250,000 each year. He said he hoped he would be able to reduce taxes somewhat on those who earn less than $60,000...

Sept 2017: TopekaCapitalJournal: Another teenager makes moves to enter Kansas governor’s race
by Alison Kite
Wichita teen Jack Bergeson’s decision to jump into a hotly contested gubernatorial primary has apparently inspired another high school student near Kansas City.
Tyler Ruzich, of Prairie Village, filed to begin his campaign for Kansas governor on Sunday.
Bergeson is running for the Democratic nomination...
He told the Hutchinson News he was inspired by Bergeson, who started his campaign last month.
The Kansas City Star reports that the two are friends...
On guns, Bergeson said he is more “right-wing” and supports open carry and campus carry...


14 posted on 07/21/2018 5:17:18 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: vette6387
he will piss into the wind there for two years and be gone!

Nope. NY-14 is hers for as long as she wants it.

See, this is the part where the Democrats' plan to import millions of new Latino voters runs into a snag. Eventually these new Latino voters are going to want their own representing them in Washington.

It's going to be fun to watch.

15 posted on 07/21/2018 5:27:44 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

She will, at best, be a gad fly Hispanic like that turd in Chicago (Luis Gutierrez) who’s flicking it in and not running for re-election. They are like the Fat Yenta and the Wise Latrina on the SCOTUS. Whose lives will be quite boring until the die or retire after Brett Kavenaugh is seated. But it is a reason to seal the border, or things will get worse for American Citizens.


16 posted on 07/21/2018 5:36:36 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: sergeantdave

Yes, surging because the lefty pinkos are admitting they are fascist Commies and embracing the new Democratic Socialists(NAZI) Party. It’s all zero-sum propaganda.


17 posted on 07/21/2018 5:50:51 PM PDT by Bellagio
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To: ColdOne

Karl Marx HATED the middle class.
He DESPISED them.
He wanted their blood FLOWING in the streets.

The whole point of “The Communist Manifesto” is that we get RID of the middle class.

You can’t use ANY of Marx’s ideas to help the middle class.

It’s not possible.

But you middle class Marxists just love your Socialism. :)


18 posted on 07/21/2018 5:56:00 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: ColdOne

And now I’m going to blame socialism on Trump? Methinks that Trump Derangement Sndrome has gone way over the top.


19 posted on 07/21/2018 6:02:14 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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"Democratic socialism surging in the age of Trump."

Well, that actually makes sense… When Satan finds he's about to lose a fight he'll fight even harder…. I have a feeling we haven't seen nothing yet... It's going to come to blows....

20 posted on 07/21/2018 6:05:54 PM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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