‘There Is Going to Be a War Within the Party. We Are Going to Lean Into It.’ (RAT fight)

Politico ^ | 2/04/19 | DAVID FREEDLANDER

[Libloather]

Maybe you’ve heard the warning: The country is beset by a menace. A fringe conservative minority is holding Congress hostage, extracting radical policy concessions over the will of the majority. And it’s leading the nation to fiscal, environmental and moral ruin.

Maybe you haven’t heard this part: These dangerous conservatives are Democrats.

“I am talking about the radical conservatives in the Democratic Party,” said Saikat Chakrabarti. “That’s who we need to counter. It’s the same across any number of issues—pay-as-you-go, free college, “Medicare for all.” These are all enormously popular in the party, but they don’t pass because of the radical conservatives who are holding the party hostage.”

Not long ago, this would have been an outlier position even among American liberals. Today, it’s the organizing principle of a newly empowered segment of the Democratic Party, one with a foothold in the new Congress.

[Libloather]

Chakrabarti is chief of staff to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the closest thing to a new celebrity Congress has had in years—a 29-year-old former activist and bartender who, on the most recent Martin Luther King Day, sat on the same New York stage as the rapper Common, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and MacArthur “genius award” winner Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Alrighty then. Makes you wonder what Alexandria is slipping into their drinks.

[madison10]

Hope the rats devour each other.

[colorado tanker]

Remember this when you read Fake News stories about Dems wanting an "electable" candidate.

The liberal fringe wants a war, first to take over their party.

[Libloather]

“That whole ‘so you can have it all.’ Nope, not at the same time,” Obama said. “That’s a lie. And it’s not always enough to lean in, because that shit doesn’t work all the time.”
- the Mooch - Dec 1, 2018

[Boomer]

If they want to make ole donkey face their poster child for the socialist (formally known as dem) party; who are we to tell them no.

The ignorant among the population may buy into what the commies are selling but I like to think most of those will smarten up over time and those who know better out number the socialists. Maybe I’m wrong. If I am; Houston we have a problem.

[Doogle]

[rightwingcrazy]

“radical conservatives”

They’re not as radical as the “radical moderates”. He should count his blessings, and his oxymorons.

[bagster]

Saikat Chakrabarti.

I remember a time when Americans were politicians in America.

[Doogle]

....odungo’s fundamentaly anti American

[bigbob]

Gonna be one in the R party too if they try blocking Trump on a national emergency.

[ClearCase_guy]

"Free stuff" is always popular. But there's a catch.

[nwrep]

Saikat Chakrabarti:

[bagster]

....odungo’s fundamentaly anti American

Absolutely.

Not only that, he's a Not American.

Remember when the derps would be all like, "Are you questioning my patriotism"?

I was all like, "Yes. Yes I am".

[Drew68]

I remember a time when Americans were politicians in America.

He's not only American but he's a Texan! Saikat Chakrabarti was born in Fort Worth.

[Doogle]

LOL...that’s nothing,the night he stood between the roman columns my neighbor knocked on my door to ask if I was OK (yelling)

[Bonemaker]

“This is a pure communist take over of the Rat party. COMMUNISTS!!”

Thsy’ve long since been beyond communists.

[Bonemaker]

‘There Is Going to Be a War Within the Party. We Are Going to Lean Into It.’ (RAT fight)”

Let’s arm both sides.

[bagster]

He's not only American but he's a Texan! Saikat Chakrabarti was born in Fort Worth.

In my world, it takes more than being born here to be an American. He's not American.

Mark me down for all democrats are not American.

I'm hardcore on this issue.

#EPluribusUnum

[bagster]

“This is a pure communist take over of the Rat party. COMMUNISTS!!”
They’ve long since been beyond communists.