Democratic Socialists or main stream Dems. We've been electing "main streamers" for over 50 years and for

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67. I am supporting a Progressive House candidate in my Congressional district.

I am a left of center Dem, not usually as far left as the DSA. But I support our newly elected Progressive Dem candidate in my district because I heard him speak at a local No Kings rally and liked what I heard. We currrently have a MAGA representative that I want to see defeated.

But gleefully declaring that Dems got slapped in the face with reality sounds divisive and we need the votes of ALL of us to defeat the fascists and restore democracy.

Socialism and even communism were popular in the 1930s as was fascism among some Americans. The nation was deeply polarized then as it is today. A mainstream Dem, FDR, implemented many of the socialists' programs. He also preserved capitalism with strong regulatory laws that benefited the nation for many decades before RW deregulationists managed to chip away at the regulations.

Many of today's Progressive programs are not any more radical than FDR's. And even Eisenhower, a Republican, favored universal medical coverage.

Pushing divisions between Progressives/Socialists and mainstream Dems will hurt us more than help us. We can disagree without being divisive.

Some of our mainstream Dems are also working hard, especially in the courts, to push back the fascist regime. I am grateful for their work, too. The only ones that I think are a real problem for us are ones who actually side with the MAGA regime.