Posted on 07/26/2018 9:20:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Democrats have a socialist problem that they are having trouble sweeping under the rug. The party line appears to be that their new star, self-proclaimed democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is not the face of the party; rather, she's not a radical and doesn't speak for most Democrats.
Rep. Maxine Waters went so far as to deny that Democrats are socialists at all.
The top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee sent a message to the party's progressive wing on Wednesday, distancing herself from the vocal lawmakers to her left as the party continues to debate its message ahead of the November midterm elections.
"The Democratic Party is not a socialist party," California Rep. Maxine Waters said in an interview with John Harwood at CNBC's Capital Exchange event Wednesday.
Asked about left-wing politicians who identify as democratic socialists, including 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Waters said: "I just don't think our party should be identified because we have a few people who seem to be to the left of the left."
Democrats continue to face down lingering anxiety about the identity of their party, as Republicans, including President Donald Trump, seek to leverage the internal rifts over economic and social issues to their own electoral advantage. The president has zeroed in on Waters, painting her in posts on Twitter as the "unhinged FACE of the Democrat Party."
When asked if she is a capitalist, Waters said, "Of course I am."
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Socialists are liars.
Duh.
But we can be sure that the DNC IS packed full of grifters and shake-down artists.
Something is wrong here. Maxine Waters has been so consistent with idiotic pronouncements that I just plain enjoy laughing at her rants.
Now she has double crossed me and actually has spoken something with a measure of logic, wisdom and truth.
I don’t agree with them at all, but MOST Democrats I know are not kooks. Wrong, yup. But mostly not nutty.
I’m not seeing making a career of accumulating massive wealth off the backs of working American citizens as ‘capitalism’.
Their focus groups must be telling them that being a socialist is a way to lose elections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0BdKkEKTrs
She got a talking to by her superiors.
She’s more of a poverty pimp, IMO.
They never admit they’re communists until after they get so much power that you can’t stop them. Then you see what communism in practice is all about.
The ‘Rats are all Commie-fa.
Waters is a fascist.
Maxine Waters is a terrible liar and is as transparent as clear glass.
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I’m not seeing making a career of accumulating massive wealth off the backs of working American citizens as ‘capitalism’.
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That spans BOTH sides of the uniparty coin
‘Rats are the Party of the Non-Working Class.
Government Slaves and their Kleptocracy Masters.
The Peoples' Democratic Workers' United Progressive Shining Path to an International Utopian Collective .
See, there's no "socialism" in that.
No, she’s not a capitalist. She’s an old-fashioned crook. Bet she has made millions from graft.
In 2016 the guy who won all the primaries for them but lost the nomination is a loud and proud socialist. They can’t hide from that.
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