DSA-aligned voters and candidates were deeply turned off by the Kamala Harris 2024 campaign's decision to embrace Liz Cheney in an effort to broaden the coalition.
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Noel King raises the fact that James Carville has publicly called for a Democratic 'schism' over the DSA, and that some establishment figures want nothing to do with DSA-affiliated candidates [1] — Will Steakin "The Kamala Harris campaign's embrace of Liz Cheney was a turning point for the DSA's base. Politico's Will Steakin reports that DSA-aligned…" 09:07 . Steakin uses this as an entry point to explain why: from the DSA's perspective, they were completely alienated by the Kamala Harris campaign's decision to embrace Liz Cheney in pursuit of a broader coalition. For voters who wanted the Democratic Party to move left on Medicare for All, Israel, and economic justice, watching their candidate court a Republican war hawk was a dealbreaker. The result: a movement that has decided to 'throw a Molotov cocktail' into the party rather than play nice. Steakin flags the Michigan Senate race — Abdul Syed running as a DSA-aligned candidate — as the next major test of whether this insurgent energy can travel beyond New York and Denver.
The Kamala Harris campaign's embrace of Liz Cheney was a turning point for the DSA's base. Politico's Will Steakin reports that DSA-aligned voters felt completely shut out, and the movement's response is to throw a 'Molotov cocktail' into the party and dare establishment Democrats to stop them.
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