4mo ago

‘We Are in an Emergency’: Progressive TikTok Star Launches Bid to Unseat Old-Guard Dem

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Kat Abughazaleh Announces Run for Congress Against Jan Schakowsky

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4mo ago

"We are in an emergency": Progressive TikTok star Kat Abughazaleh launches bid to unseat old-guard Democrat

www.rollingstone.com /politics/politics-features/kat-abughazaleh-congress-1235301996/

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Right now, the answer to authoritarianism isn’t to be quiet. It’s not matching pink outfits at a state address. It’s not throwing trans people under the bus. It’s not refusing to look at the party at all and see where it could be better. The answer is to very publicly, very loudly, very boldly, stand up. The only way to fight fascism, and this has been proven over and over and over again, is loudly, proudly, and every single day.”
Sounds infinitely better than the current Democratic/Nazi-lite party. Just don’t take money from billionaires. That’s how it starts.
- Just don’t take money from billionaires
  The problem is that your opponent will, and then they'll win. I fear we need major electoral reform before we can squash this problem.
- I too remember when fascist Germany and Italy were stopped by people standing up loudly and proudly.
  Oh wait, no sorry it was the guns and violence that stopped them.
  
  The point is that if you stand up to stop it now, hopefully we don’t have to do the violence part.
She sounds great. I want more of this. Even if she got elected and did absolutely nothing of note, the fact that she's vocally against the status quo would be enough to earn my vote.
- I don't want to discourage you, she seems like a worthy candidate. It's this "even if they did nothing" talk that grabs me. The average dem voter is so accustomed to weakness that we're starting to sound like a battered partner.
  
  You're not wrong. The Democratic strategy for the past what? 35 years now has been to constantly engage in "hippie punching" to try to seem more reasonable to so-called "moderates" by criticizing the Far Left™. So in a sense one could say that the left has been stuck in an abusive relationship for a long time.
She did an appearance on Some More News and I really hope she wins. Wish I was half as good of a communicator as she is.
Oh no! If she WINS the OBVIOUS Solution for Democrats is to go even FURTHER RIGHT next Election to CAPTURE all those Republicans who Didn't Vote for Her!
You know what would work even better? Unseating Republicans so they don't have a bicameral majority.
- We can and must do both at the same time
  
  You're right, we need both.The key to unseating Republicans is Democrats that are worth at least half a shit.
- Stop distracting from the issues. Both are important not just one. You can't have Republicans literally shaking the foundations of our fucking democracy and have old ass Democrats refuse to fight back and say only the Republicans are the problem.
  They're both fucking problems.
  
  This this this this
  
  But have you heard, "blue no matter who."
  You'd think Fetterman would be enough an example as to why the thinking is so stupid, but here we are.
I wholeheartedly agree with electing young people to drain the swamp that is the state of US politics.
After what happened to bernie and then now what is going on right now it should be clear that the house and senate are not doing their jobs. They should be the ones creating laws, not the executive branch.
You'll notice that I didn't call out a particular party. I think it should be a bipartisan effort. Maybe we'd finally get the younger generations to vote if they could relate to the people in office.
As someone who has been watching her Tiktoks for many years, it makes me happy.
- “Association”?

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