Glenn Greenwald
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The three people that you named, AOC, Bernie, and Jasmine Crockett, for all the intense disagreements I have with them, are people who, in contrast to what I just got done saying, do actually believe in things and do actually say the things that they believe in
And I think most of all, what they're doing now is creating this kind of perception, this branding, this posture, like we are going to fight Trump on everything. And on some level, what the Democratic Party wants, what Democratic Party voters want, I think this poll shows it, is not just fighting with Trump, but somebody who at least believes in things.
And I think most of all, what they're doing now is creating this kind of perception, this branding, this posture, like we are going to fight Trump on everything. And on some level, what the Democratic Party wants, what Democratic Party voters want, I think this poll shows it, is not just fighting with Trump, but somebody who at least believes in things.
And I think most of all, what they're doing now is creating this kind of perception, this branding, this posture, like we are going to fight Trump on everything. And on some level, what the Democratic Party wants, what Democratic Party voters want, I think this poll shows it, is not just fighting with Trump, but somebody who at least believes in things.
And that was, you know, Bernie's campaign in 2016 and 2020 stood for a clear, affirmative agenda, which a lot of people disliked and a lot of people like. But you can't deny that. He did. And I think that's what this is showing above all else.
And that was, you know, Bernie's campaign in 2016 and 2020 stood for a clear, affirmative agenda, which a lot of people disliked and a lot of people like. But you can't deny that. He did. And I think that's what this is showing above all else.
And that was, you know, Bernie's campaign in 2016 and 2020 stood for a clear, affirmative agenda, which a lot of people disliked and a lot of people like. But you can't deny that. He did. And I think that's what this is showing above all else.
You've had this faceless, soulless, very consultant-driven, artificial set of Democratic Party leaders who are petrified of saying the wrong word, going off script even a single time. And then you have Donald Trump just riffing every day on everything without the slightest regard for how people are going to react to the things that he's saying.
You've had this faceless, soulless, very consultant-driven, artificial set of Democratic Party leaders who are petrified of saying the wrong word, going off script even a single time. And then you have Donald Trump just riffing every day on everything without the slightest regard for how people are going to react to the things that he's saying.
You've had this faceless, soulless, very consultant-driven, artificial set of Democratic Party leaders who are petrified of saying the wrong word, going off script even a single time. And then you have Donald Trump just riffing every day on everything without the slightest regard for how people are going to react to the things that he's saying.
And I think that that is what has made the Democratic Party, which is just like this...
And I think that that is what has made the Democratic Party, which is just like this...
And I think that that is what has made the Democratic Party, which is just like this...
very limp, neoliberal, vaguely kind of trying to be a center-left party, but never really saying much or believing in anything, I think that's what you're seeing in these polls among Democratic Party voters, is at least the people who are out there making a mockery of themselves, like Jasmine Crockett, which is why the media loves her, at least they're saying something.
very limp, neoliberal, vaguely kind of trying to be a center-left party, but never really saying much or believing in anything, I think that's what you're seeing in these polls among Democratic Party voters, is at least the people who are out there making a mockery of themselves, like Jasmine Crockett, which is why the media loves her, at least they're saying something.
very limp, neoliberal, vaguely kind of trying to be a center-left party, but never really saying much or believing in anything, I think that's what you're seeing in these polls among Democratic Party voters, is at least the people who are out there making a mockery of themselves, like Jasmine Crockett, which is why the media loves her, at least they're saying something.
They don't seem super constrained.
They don't seem super constrained.
They don't seem super constrained.
Yeah, I mean, here's the thing. You had referenced earlier the fact that a lot of Republicans under Obama, especially the second term of Obama, wanted absolutely no compromise with the Obama administration, wanted nothing but pure resistance to everything that he did.