Nancy Pelosi fretted during a meeting with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that "Abolish ICE" had been "injected into American political discourse by the Russians," the book says.
The two parties are big tent parties, often hosting people with disparate opinions on the same issues. The Squad is as Democratic as Pelosi…even though the latter uncritically supports Israeli genocide.
Similarly, the House Freedom Caucus is as Republican as Mitt Romney, even though the latter want to invade Mexico “to stop drug cartels”.
That’s kinda the whole problem with the Republican and Democrat parties: they take a bunch of nuanced political views and then basically turn it into a yes/no poll. I intend to vote for Joe Biden again, but I’m more AOC than Pelosi. I’m 100% certain that there’s a conservative out there that will vote for Trump again that’s more Mitt Romney than Jim Jordan. And I don’t really think that’s a flaw of people, but of the political system itself.
I’m as pragmatic as they get and always trying to understand why people vote the way they do. But if you’re a “moderate republican” and think Trump is still better than Biden/Pelosi, you’re out of touch with reality, brainwashed, or not as moderate as you think.
I’d argue it’s fair in both cases.
The two parties are big tent parties, often hosting people with disparate opinions on the same issues. The Squad is as Democratic as Pelosi…even though the latter uncritically supports Israeli genocide.
Similarly, the House Freedom Caucus is as Republican as Mitt Romney, even though the latter want to invade Mexico “to stop drug cartels”.
That’s kinda the whole problem with the Republican and Democrat parties: they take a bunch of nuanced political views and then basically turn it into a yes/no poll. I intend to vote for Joe Biden again, but I’m more AOC than Pelosi. I’m 100% certain that there’s a conservative out there that will vote for Trump again that’s more Mitt Romney than Jim Jordan. And I don’t really think that’s a flaw of people, but of the political system itself.
I’m as pragmatic as they get and always trying to understand why people vote the way they do. But if you’re a “moderate republican” and think Trump is still better than Biden/Pelosi, you’re out of touch with reality, brainwashed, or not as moderate as you think.
It’s definitely a flaw of both.