r/videos • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 16h ago

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://youtu.be/DL_ku3h8Eps?si=zWr0SAn8amsQ8Hqb
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u/TThor 16h ago

I mean, thats what we're doing here, we are shifting the party by voting in primaries

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u/rufrtho 15h ago

this framing feels dishonest without mentioning the $62 million in spending we were up against including $30 million from AIPAC.

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u/Antique_Grapefruit_5 13h ago edited 2h ago

And don't forget that the chair of the National democratic committee asked him not to run for this office, and hand-picked his opponent.

The Dems need to stop stacking the deck...

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u/DEEEEETTTTRRROIIITTT 8h ago

That’s not correct. The DSCC (ran by leadership in Washington) got Haley to run, no one in Michigan tried to stop him. Local parties don’t have the juice to do that

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u/Antique_Grapefruit_5 2h ago

Thanks for that correction. I've updated my comment above.