WFB: Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) said Wednesday that the Democratic Party is “not a socialist party,” making her yet another Democrat pushing back against the party being defined by the rise of democratic socialism.
Speaking with CNBC’s John Harwood, Waters objected to the idea Democrats have embraced the mantle of socialism.
“I think that’s an exaggeration. The Democratic Party is not a socialist party,” Waters said. “And because we have some very—aggressive, smart people who would like to create some changes, who may represent the extreme end of our party—”
According to a transcript, Harwood pointed out two prominent democratic socialists in Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York congressional candidate who upset Rep. Joe Crowley (D., N.Y.) in his primary last month.
“Yeah, but he votes for Democrats,” Waters said. “And I just don’t think that our party should be identified because we have a few people who seem to be to the left of the left.” more here
SNIP: The jumpy, mega-toothed Miss Ocasio-Cortez seems to be working Rep. James Clyburn (D., S.C.)’s nerves lately:
Rep. James Clyburn (D., S.C.), the House assistant minority leader, said Wednesday that congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will need to wait her turn before she considers joining Democratic Party leadership.
“I would ask her to remember how long I had to wait to get here,” Clyburn said on Buzzfeed’s “AM to DM.”
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D., Mo.) isn’t happy, either:
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D., Mo.) on Tuesday dismissed the idea of the Democratic Party moving to the left and expressed his dissatisfaction with prominent left-wing politicians.
Fox Business host Neil Cavuto asked Cleaver what the future holds for the Democrats, and the congressman said he expects a divided government after the 2018 midterms. He then argued against Democrats following Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist who stunned House leader Rep. Joe Crowley (D., N.Y.) in a June primary.
“I didn’t support Bernie Sanders for president. I supported someone else,” he said, referring to his support for Hillary Clinton. “I think in some ways the media has pushed the young woman who was victorious in the New York congressional race against Joe Crowley to the point that she has been made out as some kind of deity.” MORE
‘Can you say communist? I knew that you could.”
And communists don’t lie either.
Her followers WANT a socialist party, and us deplorables know she is lying.
What Maxine lacks in class, she makes up for with stupidity.
More accurately, the Dems are left-collectivists, and therefore anti-individualists. So are right-collectivists, whom I also reject.
“I didn’t support Bernie Sanders for president. I supported someone else,”
“I think in some ways the media has pushed the young woman who was victorious in the New York congressional race against Joe Crowley…”
Come on, man, say their names! I realize that “Ocasio-Cortez” is a hyphenated mouthful for a mumble-mouth, and you’re deeply ashamed of supporting Hillary, but you sound silly.
Does she not remember the video of her threatening to socialize the oil industry?
Balogna, they’re just changing their message due to polling and backlash. They’re still a bunch of traitorous commies.
R,
I was just looking for that, but could not find it. Scrubbed?
For laughs, this video shows Auntie M’s intellect:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M47aqjkCMNc
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Just because they want the government to control every aspect of the people’s lives, and just because they want to take all of the money that working people earn and give it back to people who don’t work, and just because they expect everyone to conform to their every thought and whim, how dare we deplorable folk think they are embracing socialism. They’re not, they are embracing communism.
Maxine saying she will be all about “socializing” and the government taking over the oil industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0BdKkEKTrs
What rock have you been living under, Congressman?
Burner
Denial
The first step in the grieving/loss process.
Second step is anger
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waters does not live in the district that she represents.
Therefore, she can not vote for herself. She does not even represent herself- someone else does.
She is nothing more than a mercenary.
Vote her out and vote in Omar Navarro https://www.omarnavarro.com
Here ya go – Mad Max slip of the tongue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0BdKkEKTrs
The Democrats are after power and will support any group that will help them get it. Its the one party that fits all till after they get in office. Its all about power.
One of these days enough people will have had enough of this very costly GARBAGE and it’ll be “clean up on aisle Seven”.
I’m really looking forward to that day.
The Democratic Party is an amalgam of strange bedfellows held together by mutual corruption.
“…I just don’t think that our party should be identified because we have a few people who seem to be to the left of the left.”
Toooooo f’n late bitches,… you had that turd hustler for 8 damn years spinning the wheel hard to port and you said/did nothing. Now you see yourselves crashing into the rocks…Well you bastards better learn to swim because the crazies are gonna throw your worthless asses overboard thinking they have enough muscle to re-take the conn.
Socialists cannot (ever) get elected on their totalitarian/nihilism agenda, so they always lie.
That’s why when one of them (as Liz Warren accidentally did) speaks the truth (about, for instance, stealing 50% of income) we should encourage them.
A lying blowfish like Mad Max (and Emanuel Cleaver, for that matter) should be given free rein to babble their throats dry – eventually they’ll speak a fact.
That’s what that whole “Freedom of Speech” thing is about – even a pathological liar will sometimes let its guard down – much less a disingenuous politician.
izlamo delenda est …
Since denying what you actually support is part of the pillars of Marxism, I’m having a hard time buying that.
“…another Democrat pushing back against the party being defined by their behavior.”
Fixed it for ya.