Posted on 07/01/2018 3:45:20 PM PDT by Beave Meister
In her first press conference since a self-identified socialist defeated one of her top deputies in a primary, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that socialism is not ascendant in the Democratic Party.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rocked the political world on Tuesday night when she defeated New York Rep. Joseph Crowley in a Democratic primary. Crowley, a longtime congressman who was touted as a possible successor to Pelosi, has been in office since 1999 and risen to the fourth-highest post in the Democrats' House leadership. Ocasio-Cortez is a 28-year-old member of the Democratic Socialists in America, and the political left touted her victory as proof that socialism is becoming a serious force in Democratic Party politics.
Pelosi, however, pushed back on that notion. When asked by CBS News' Nancy Cordes if democratic socialism is "ascendant" in the Democratic Party, Pelosi responded with a firm "no."
"No. They're not," Pelosi said. "It's ascendant in that district perhaps! But I don't accept any characterization of our party presented by the Republicans. So let me reject that right now."
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Riiiiiiight. A socialist almost won the Democrat nomination for president of the U.S.
If it wasn’t, she wouldn’t need to say that.
Saying socialism is not ascendant in the Democratic Party, means:
Socialism is ascendant in the Democratic Party.
Dems only deny what is true.
Who ? Crowley could run on the General Ticket under the Liberal party and win .
That would be Pelosi revenge .
This IS your party Nanners.
You created this beast and now claim no knowledge of it.
Ms. Pelosi you are a liar. Go to your grave with that.
The only thing Democrats don’t like about socialism is the word itself.
Someone close to DeBlasio bank-rolled this.
What facts point to more than a ground up grass roots effort?
Beyond the commie artwork of the posters. She didn’t do that.
Its not ascendant. Weve always been socialists.
You are saying Deblasio had nothing to do with it?
Explain that.
Progressivism back then was more likely to lead to Fsscism than Communism. Wilson and FDR leaned toward Fascism. The big centerpiece of the New Deal, though it was dtopped by SCOTUS, was the National Recovery Administration whivh wrote the rules for every enterprise that opted in. If you did not choose to join your business was labeled unpatriotic. Who wrote these rules and regs? Not govt bureaucrats. Chosen reps of chosen businesses in each field. My family had five fruit and veg stores in Manhattan and the Bronx. My grandfathrr, an immigrant from Italy but a fifteen year citizen joined the NRA. He found tge rules strangled his businesses. Who wrote those rules? Representatives of A&P and Safeway stores. Before the NRA disappeared four of my grandfather’s stores were gone. All the fault of the NRA ? No. But a good portion of the blame goes to the fascistic New Deal.
communism and islamism mark the dems top leadership.
That makes sense .
Hes an elderly white male leading an increasingly socialist party.
Neither is intelligence, Nanzi!
Its not ascendant. Weve always been socialists.
Forget that. I understand. I’m jumping around to much.
Yes. Topped off. Spilling over.
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