Connolly secured his position on the pivotal Oversight Committee after leaders in the House Democratic caucus—most notably former Speaker Nancy Pelosi—backed Connolly’s bid over Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.
While other Democratic leaders have been fumbling for a response to Trump, the administration has been in a public feud with Ocasio-Cortez. Tom Homan, Trump’s handpicked immigration czar, has even called on the Department of Justice to investigate the congresswoman after she advised migrant communities of their constitutional rights.
In contrast to Connolly’s pro-compliance message, Ocasio-Cortez recently wrote, “America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.”
now you know why Cryptkeeper Pelosi picked him over AOC for this position
What makes a democrat “top”?
Like, is he the one who fucks you in the ass? That’s probably it.
Edit: just to remind everyone; the DNC is a sunk cost. You can keep trying to make them fight back, make them stand up for you, and make them care. At the and of the day they will take your energy, take your money, take your vote and do nothing with it.
What makes a democrat “top”?
They have a leadership position, like a committee chair.
Assuming there was any good faith in there. Which-
Who needs Republicans when you’ve got Democrats like these
If we are going to lose anyways it’s time to make a third party. Call it the Progressive Party and continue to lose until democrats give up. These people literally only care about lining their pockets.
Yeah that seems to be a popular idea but it never gets anywhere after that.
My thought was, since the DNC organization exists and anyone can participate, we should y’know - take it over. Basically. Like it was intended.
So in the first example we’d have to build it from scratch (pros/cons) and in the second example, we’d have to deal with a fully functioning national party (pros/cons).
They essentially cancelled the last few primaries. Bernie was gonna win and they cancelled it. Biden wanted to run so they cancelled it. Biden backed out last minute so they cancelled it for Kamala. Shit is so undemocratic it’s crazy.
Bernie was gonna win and they cancelled it? Okay, Imma need to see some articles on that.
Basically unless you’re talking about Texas or California or heck even PA and Bernie is polling at ~90% and the DNC says “actually we’re cancelling due to rain” I’m going to find there’s no reason to assume Bernie was going to win and they cancelled primaries to prevent him.
That’s just - Fox News type of narrative. It’s lacking all context and the context it does have is childishly simple and outrageous.
If nothing else, this whole situation is a very revealing about which Democrat politicians have proverbial balls, which ones have their balls in the clamp (probably for doing embarrassing stuff), and which ones have no proverbial balls at all.
So far only AOC, Sanders, Pritzker, and a handful of others are showing they have the guts to stand up on the bullshit the administration is pulling.
So far only AOC, Sanders, Pritzker, and a handful of others are showing they have the guts to stand up on the bullshit the administration is pulling.
I really want to include the new DNC chair in that list.
“We’re calling it the ‘Organize Everywhere’ tour,” Martin told ABC13. “It’s a simple premise that if we’re going to win throughout this country and get back into power, we have to organize everywhere. We’re visiting red states, purple states, and blue states on this tour. And Texas really is the future of the Democratic Party. This is such a critical battleground state as we move forward in the 2026 elections – of course, the 28 election cycle and beyond.”
And
“We have to earn their trust back, and part of that is not just showing up a few months before the election and asking them for their vote,” Martin said. “We have to get back to organizing year-round where we’re building trust with communities around shared values.”
Like, he’s had the chair a month, and he’s going out and doing local station news interviews already.
For the past 30 years every other chair would have been grifting huge dollar donors in exchange for more conservative policy positions right now.
This may be cynical but this just sounds like he wants to make people fall in line and adopt more Texas style right-wing politics.
The “we have to regain their trust” line could be copy and pasted from just about every corporate non-apology in existence. This instills little hope in me for the future of the Democratic party.
This may be cynical but this just sounds like he wants to make people fall in line and adopt more Texas style right-wing politics.
The “we have to regain their trust” line could be copy and pasted from just about every corporate non-apology in existence. This instills little hope in me for the future of the Democratic party.
The man didn’t magically appear when you learned his name…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Martin#Minnesota_DFL_chair
He wins elections with progressive candidates, because that’s what increases dem turnout.
What more do you want from a party chair?
If he’s dirty, where’s the dirt from the time he ran a state party?
I didn’t say anything of his qualifications or history. I said I think his statements and future plans sound like more of the same ineffective lip service and rightward drift.
I said I think his statements and future plans sound like more of the same ineffective lip service and rightward drift.
Statement
You’re judging him on one quick answer to a question while he was campaigning and ignoring, well, literally everything else.
And his future plans is literally the opposite of what you’re saying, because that doesn’t win elections.
Again, you can look at his long history in Minnesota
No, statements. I’ve opined on multiple things he’s said here in response to you in this thread. Your replies seem very odd at this point as it almost seems like you’re responding to a discussion that isn’t even happening.
I’ve opined on multiple things he’s said
This thread is 2 days old by now, but I scrolled. Didn’t see anything that’s not the single comment
But hey. Maybe I’m missing it.
If so, it would be absolutely trivial for you to provide a link to something else he said that you take issue with.
But I don’t think you will.
