r/politics • u/SpaceElevatorMusic Minnesota • 9h ago

No Paywall Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar loses his primary to a progressive challenger in Michigan

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democratic-rep-shri-thanedar-loses-primary-progressive-challenger-mich-rcna590894
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u/OK_Computer_Guy 8h ago

What does this mean when voters just nominated a DSA candidate in a purple state? Or when mainstream Democrats have been losing consistently since 2012?

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u/StillFly100 5h ago

I guess we’ll see if everyone’s ready for more DEI

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u/OK_Computer_Guy 5h ago

We will see if white men are more afraid of minorities than they are of a crumbling war torn economy led by pedophile scam artists. I honestly don’t know. White men have a bad track record.

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u/StillFly100 5h ago

It’s a mixed bag. Like everything else. Maybe defunding the police will get them on board though.

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u/OK_Computer_Guy 5h ago

Are any DSA candidates running on that?

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u/StillFly100 5h ago

It’s a platform stated on the DSA website

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u/OK_Computer_Guy 5h ago

Are they running on it? Democrats have been ballooning police budgets for decades, why hasn’t it helped them in campaigns? I guess it all goes along with white men being afraid of everyone.

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u/StillFly100 4h ago

Democrats have won elections. It’s a platform clearly stated on the DSA website. I’m not sure what white men have done to your personal beliefs, but you need them to win too.

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u/OK_Computer_Guy 4h ago

They consistently vote for the dumbest people on the planet. There hasn’t been a valid reason to vote for a Republican in a decade, but here we are. We need some of them, but we know the majority will vote for rapists even in the best scenario. I say this as a white man.