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Justin Haskins: AOC's socialist takeover of Democrats is working - here's why moderates should worry
Fox News ^ | 1/19/20 | Justin Haskins

Posted on 01/19/2020 3:54:15 PM PST by Libloather

Media darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow “squad” members have never been shy about their plan to shove the Democratic Party toward adopting socialist principles. And now that we’re more than a year and a half into the AOC era, it’s clear that their two-part plan is working.

The first component of their plan is to reshape the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) into a powerful political force in Congress. Historically, the caucus, which began in the 1990s, has been primarily a club for left-wing congressional Democrats. But it had little political power because of its members’ unwillingness to vote as a bloc.

AOC, Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and other radical Democrats have been working to reform the CPC so that the socialist left has the ability to control - or, at the very least, heavily influence - the agenda for the entire party.

**SNIP**

And that’s just the beginning. The AOC-backed group Justice Democrats is working with numerous other candidates across the country to unseat even more moderate Democratic members of Congress.

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As Ocasio-Cortez recently said, “Democrats can be too big of a tent.” Or, put another way, moderates are no longer welcome in the Democratic Party. It belongs to Karl Marx now.

Whether they know it or not.

1 posted on 01/19/2020 3:54:15 PM PST by Libloather
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2 posted on 01/19/2020 4:02:33 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: Libloather
There are no moderates left in the DemocRat party, so a moot point.
3 posted on 01/19/2020 4:04:34 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Q = Quidam.)
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To: Libloather
The verdict is still out. Progressivism, or the constant pursuit of "liberalism," can only go so far. Eventually they will take everyone over a cliff, which is what is happening now. At what point will these fools see it for what it is? The blind leading the blind.
4 posted on 01/19/2020 4:08:07 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Libloather
What's ironic is that Ocasio-Cortez' style of diplomacy within the Democrat caucus is the same as President Trump's style of diplomacy in foreign affairs. Both make bold moves against historically set-in-their-ways opponents who tsk-tsk at their effrontery the traditional order.

While the Democrats are accusing Trump of bad manners, alienation of our allies, and damaging foreign relationships, their own timid response to Ocasio-Cortez and her "squad" are destroying their own party from within.

-PJ

5 posted on 01/19/2020 4:08:39 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Libloather

Where are the HST Democrats to go if not to the DJT MAGAG* party

* Make America Greater And Greater


6 posted on 01/19/2020 4:09:28 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

DNC now means Damned Near Communist...


7 posted on 01/19/2020 4:21:01 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: Fungi
The verdict is still out. Progressivism, or the constant pursuit of "liberalism," can only go so far. Eventually they will take everyone over a cliff, which is what is happening now. At what point will these fools see it for what it is? The blind leading the blind.

Venezuela is still poor and still socialist after twenty years, with no sign of waking up.

8 posted on 01/19/2020 4:30:15 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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I was referring to the RATS’ version of it. Sure, for anyone with a brain, socialism does not work, but RATS such as the equine AOC are blind and need a sharp jolt of reality (preferably to the back of the head) which will not happen until we become Venezuela.


9 posted on 01/19/2020 4:34:29 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Libloather

You have to be truly stupid to embrace Marxism. In another era Marx would be living in a rented apartment with 5 other guys in Berkley, or Haight Ashbury.


10 posted on 01/19/2020 4:35:20 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Libloather

bttt


11 posted on 01/19/2020 4:36:06 PM PST by timestax
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To: timestax
Squad666withine777t-edited-1
12 posted on 01/19/2020 4:38:45 PM PST by timestax
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To: CMailBag

dnc = demented nefarious communist


13 posted on 01/19/2020 4:40:03 PM PST by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: neverevergiveup

In another era, Marx would be Bernie Sanders and he would be in the United States Senate.

Oh wait, we are in the other era.


14 posted on 01/19/2020 4:41:11 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: Libloather

AOC does not like the money allocation structure of the DNC. Unlike Nancy Satan, AOC will cut your head off and you will know you are bleeding. It couldn’t happen to a more sleazy bunch of criminals. Run DNC.


15 posted on 01/19/2020 4:41:18 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Bon mots

The idea of a “moderate” libtard and Islamican is false just as a moderate Republican is actually a Democrat.


16 posted on 01/19/2020 4:45:22 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Yet, like Trump, she and her followers don’t care whether they take control of the Democrat party or blow it up in favor of a new one that unquestionably supports their agenda. Trump needed the positioning and fund-raising and campaign infrastructure the Republican party gave him, but if an alternative arose, aka “MAGA Party”, I’ll bet most us would be right onboard with him.


17 posted on 01/19/2020 5:13:23 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Libloather

Trump actually pulled off a hostile takeover of a major party. Hopefully, AOC will beat Bloomberg to the punch and takeover the Democrat party.


18 posted on 01/19/2020 5:19:18 PM PST by ghost of nixon
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To: Libloather
"...AOC's socialist takeover of Democrats is working - here's why..."

B.S.!
The demoncrats have been socialists/communists since the late 1800's and early 1900's... The ONLY thing that has changed is that they have dropped their disguise and any pretense that they are Americans...

It's a good thing... Now the enemy targets are all clearly delineated...

19 posted on 01/19/2020 5:23:46 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: timestax
Here is a smaller one I found.

Newfaceof-DEMOCATICPARTY6667

20 posted on 01/19/2020 5:32:29 PM PST by timestax
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