West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat, officially filed as an independent Friday. “My commitment to do everything I can to bring out country together has led me to register as an …
  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Once again, in the spirit of an actual constructive conversation, how would you get someone more progressive into a West Virginia federal senatorial seat?

    Why is your arbitrary bullshit goal the one I need to meet before I can level any criticism at your god?

    Manchin is leaving the senate because he knows he will lose if he runs again. Moving to the right has failed. Democrats have no one who can win they can run in that state. There’s none to Manchin’s right.

    So who would you run for that seat? You can’t run Manchin, he can’t win anymore and even he knows it.

    I would work on getting progressives elected in better states. Manchin is wet dogshit on his single best day, and it’s why centrists will always go to bat for him.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      I would work on getting progressives elected in better states.

      Exactly. And I’m just saying that it’s pragmatic to also get less extreme conservatives elected in conservative states while also getting real progressives elected in better states. You do both and take anything that moves the needle toward progress.