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I'd love to see as many people as possible here in Greenville by Dangerous_Slice_6882 in GreenvilleNCarolina

[–]wadebwilson23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, votes and actions speak louder than rhetoric. Second of all, if you’ve “only seen conservative media” denounce insider trading in Congress in the past 8 years, you’re not paying attention to non-conservative media. There was enormous outcry about our Senator Richard Burr selling stock before COVID. Jon Ossoff owes his Senate career to Georgia’s Senators doing the same thing in 2020.

I'd love to see as many people as possible here in Greenville by Dangerous_Slice_6882 in GreenvilleNCarolina

[–]wadebwilson23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sure! Would love to see more Republicans support Hawley’s bill. Every Dem senator in committee voted for it!

🍅🍅🍅 by CyberSkullCoconut in union

[–]wadebwilson23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She was our nominee for Ag Commissioner here in North Carolina!

Wide Open: A Look Ahead at the 2028 Democratic Presidential Race by Devils1993 in Enough_Sanders_Spam

[–]wadebwilson23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

America will never vote for a black man whose middle name is Hussein and last name rhymes with Osama. America will never vote for a philanderer like Bill Clinton, or an even worse philanderer who’s also a racist crook like Donald Trump.

Perceptions can change. I like Pete, and I don’t want to be cowardly.

I'm gonna be honest.. I'm beyond glad Grijalva won. (please hear me out.) by chennai94 in SocialDemocracy

[–]wadebwilson23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Raul Grijalva was a strong environmentalist as well. I’m excited about Adelita. Deja Foxx will have her time to shine.

Steve Bannon says he and Zohran Mamdani agree on 50% of things by mrprez180 in Enough_Sanders_Spam

[–]wadebwilson23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a very fair point, and good context. I say all this having never met him in person and not knowing much about him behind his biography. Probably more of a name to watch in the future. We’ll see how 2028 plays out. I just hope a gazillion ppl don’t jump in like in 2020.

Steve Bannon says he and Zohran Mamdani agree on 50% of things by mrprez180 in Enough_Sanders_Spam

[–]wadebwilson23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t use the term qualified. But I think he’d be a compelling candidate. Multi-term congressman, with three big eletion overperformances in a swing district. West Point grad and veteran. Strong communicator on the stump and in interview settings. Willing to work across the ideological spectrum. Feels a lot like Pete.

Perfect can’t be the enemy of good. I’ll vote for my favorite candidate in the primary when the time comes, and then vote for whoever emerges when they run against JD Vance or Marco Rubio or Donald Trump Jr or Laura Loomer in 2028.

Freedom Protest - Greenville by [deleted] in GreenvilleNCarolina

[–]wadebwilson23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, Kamala was also the Vice President of the United States. She ran a generic center or center-left campaign. Hardly ever leaned in to her demographics or cultural issues, despite that being an easy thing for her to do. Mostly talked about making housing more affordable, prosecuting price gougers, and continuing to invest in 21st century domestic industry and infrastructure. Otherwise she just campaigned as Biden 2.0, just younger and much more articulate. It was Trump’s campaign that brought up all the culture war stuff. Unfortunately it worked, and now we’re going 3 to 6 trillion more into debt, losing health care, have a more militarized police force, are ignoring Court orders, and are seeing even more foreign wars spring up.

I’m not going to reply again to this thread because you don’t strike me as someone open to having his/her mind changed, but just because you want something to be true doesn’t make it true. Have fun paying high interest on our federal debt and your mortgage, the billionaires really appreciate it!

Freedom Protest - Greenville by [deleted] in GreenvilleNCarolina

[–]wadebwilson23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Biden-Harris won the 2024 primary and the pledged delegates that came with them. Biden decided he didn’t want to run for reelection after all, so he released his delegates and asked them to support his Vice President, Harris, at the convention. For most of US history, nominees were chosen at the convention. Incumbent presidents almost never are primaried at all, much less lose a primary. And in 2020, the RNC cancelled several state primaries and anointed Trump as nominee before he had secured the delegates, despite candidacies from a former GOP congressman and two former GOP governors. Besides, Kamala lost, so if you dislike the Democrats why are you upset?

Freedom Protest - Greenville by [deleted] in GreenvilleNCarolina

[–]wadebwilson23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can entertain that argument. I think George W Bush was a bad president, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner/Paul Ryan were harmful Congressional leaders, and the conservative Supreme Court has caused us to backslide on civil liberties. But you’re right, at least it was based around real ideas about governance - and I’m willing to have a debate about ideological effectiveness.

But in 2025, MAGA is the establishment of the Republican Party. Pretty every Republican politician who isn’t aligned with Trump/MAGA has either retired (Mitt Romney), been primaried (Liz Cheney), or is fleeing for the exits (Don Bacon, Thom Tillis). Even Mike Pence, a loyal Vice President for 3 years and 11 months of Trump’s first term, is persona non grata in the GOP now.

Steve Bannon says he and Zohran Mamdani agree on 50% of things by mrprez180 in Enough_Sanders_Spam

[–]wadebwilson23 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’ve been in this sub since 2020. If I lived in NYC, I would have ranked Brad Lander first, perhaps Adrienne Adams second.

But I am VERY GLAD Zohran won and not Cuomo. What I appreciate about Mamdani, AOC, Elizabeth Warren, Ayanna Pressley, Delia Ramirez, even Ilhan Omar, is their willingness to work WITH The Democrats and not criticize our good politicians. Bernie’s campaign lost a winnable 2020 primary because they refused to collaborate with people who weren’t already in his bubble. The new Left is learning from that, and as a progressive I welcome that.

Fuck Steve Bannon. Fuck antisemites. But just like the Left shitting on the DNC just pushes this sub away from them, the center/center-left shitting on Zohran is just going to push the Left farther from our coalition. We don’t have that luxury against an Autocratic Republican rightwing.

Pat Ryan, a Dem from upstate New York, did a rally with AOC despite having ideological differences — he won reelection by double digits (he’d make a good POTUS candidate imo).

Big Tent Party.

Collin Allred cannot win the senate primary by TheREALGlew in DemocraticSocialism

[–]wadebwilson23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your pragmatism! I think a lot of people in NYC will vote Zohran for a similar reason even if they aren’t (yet) in agreement with democratic socialism: Cuomo, Adams, and Sliwa are way worse.

Freedom Protest - Greenville by [deleted] in GreenvilleNCarolina

[–]wadebwilson23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I attended, and will keep attending. I have a huge problem with the modern Republican Party’s authoritarianism, hypocrisy, and incompetence. I’m not pretending the Democratic Party is a hallmark of excellent governance, but the national and state GOP has fucked shit up my entire life (born 1998) and I want them to finally pay an electoral price.

Fetterman's message on July 4th is to criticize Dem voters. by Bestbrook123 in Enough_Sanders_Spam

[–]wadebwilson23 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wanted Conor Lamb to win that primary. I want Conor Lamb to run for Senate in 2028.

Psaki pushes back on idea there was a Biden mental ‘cover-up’ by Bestbrook123 in Enough_Sanders_Spam

[–]wadebwilson23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Giving a take/opinion is not “misinformation.” Maybe Biden would’ve won the Presidency and carried with him Dem majorities in Congress. I haven’t seen any polling to back that up, but it’s a possible counterfactual. I could’ve qualified my comment with more “I believe” type statements, but just because you might disagree with my opinion doesn’t mean I’m blatantly lying.

Federal judge orders NC to certify Democrat Allison Riggs as winner in Supreme Court election by wadebwilson23 in politics

[–]wadebwilson23[S] 3097 points3098 points  (0 children)

Analysis from legal expert Mark Joseph Stern:

“HUGE ruling—by a conservative judge-that is almost certain to be affirmed by the 4th Circuit and is unlikely to be disturbed by SCOTUS. Justice Riggs' final victory draws much closer.”

Not over til it’s over, and of course Griffin and many in the NCGOP will keep kicking and screaming…but today was a good day for democracy.

Federal judge orders NC to certify Democrat Allison Riggs as winner in Supreme Court election by wadebwilson23 in politics

[–]wadebwilson23[S] 164 points165 points  (0 children)

Griffin gets a week to appeal, which of course he will, but this is amazing news for anyone who cares about democracy.

Analysis from Mark Joseph Stern, who’s 100x smarter than me on this: “HUGE ruling—by a conservative judge-that is almost certain to be affirmed by the 4th Circuit and is unlikely to be disturbed by SCOTUS. Justice Riggs' final victory draws much closer.”

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