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> Why else would Bernie Sander's protege and Donald Trump's former protege turned rival kiss the ring of the exact same billionare. Bernie had a pretty big ten

> Why else would Bernie Sander's protege and Donald Trump's former protege turned rival kiss the ring of the exact same billionare. Bernie had a pretty big tent back in the day though. Like, if you look at the people who supported Bernie in 2016, there's the AOC wing that's basically far left and have almost zero overlap with Trump supporters, but there's also a Tulsi Gabbard/Joe Rogan wing whom RDS could probably win over pretty easily. And a big part of the overlap here is the appeal of new ideas and new personalities overthrowing the political establishment, which sort of fits the Silicon Valley "disruption" mindset. Thanks for the detailed explanations! It's very interesting and informative.

alephnerd 4y ago
Ro was Sander's National Campaign Co-Chair, and is being positioned by the Sanders campaign for a presidential run either in 2024 or 2028 [0][1]. A lot of the messaging is being lifted out of the 2020 campaign [2]. The "AOC Wing" which you're talking about was the ex-Stripe founding engineer Saikat Chakrabarti's SuperPAC - the Justice Democrats. He was pushed out from the Hill after a very nasty fight with Lacy Clay, Ro, and Pelosi in 2019 that almost veered kinda racial. He's still doing some activism but he's mostly a has been now that his largest protege AOC made the wise career move to align closer with the mainstream CPC and Biden's campaign co-opted the Green New Deal > Thanks for the detailed explanations! It's very interesting and informative. No prob. I got bored spilling the dirt only with Politicos, and I feel like HN has a horrid understanding of how shit actually works on the Hill. It's way less conspiracies and more like normal office politics. [0] - https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/17/sanders-khanna-presidential-bid-2024-00018017 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/17/sanders-khanna-pres... [1] - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-centrist-challenge-possible-ro-khanna/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-centrist-challenge-possib... [2] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-03/ro-khanna-silicon-valley-congressman-wants-to-revitalize-rust-belt#xj4y7vzkg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-03/ro-khanna...

alephnerd 4y ago

Ro was Sander's National Campaign Co-Chair, and is being positioned by the Sanders campaign for a presidential run either in 2024 or 2028 [0][1]. A lot of the messaging is being lifted out of the 2020 campaign [2]. The "AOC Wing" which you're talking about was the ex-Stripe founding engineer Saikat Chakrabarti's SuperPAC - the Justice Democrats. He was pushed out from the Hill after a very nasty fight with Lacy Clay, Ro, and Pelosi in 2019 that almost veered kinda racial. He's still doing some activism but he's mostly a has been now that his largest protege AOC made the wise career move to align closer with the mainstream CPC and Biden's campaign co-opted the Green New Deal > Thanks for the detailed explanations! It's very interesting and informative. No prob. I got bored spilling the dirt only with Politicos, and I feel like HN has a horrid understanding of how shit actually works on the Hill. It's way less conspiracies and more like normal office politics. [0] - https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/17/sanders-khanna-presidential-bid-2024-00018017 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/17/sanders-khanna-pres... [1] - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-centrist-challenge-possible-ro-khanna/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-centrist-challenge-possib... [2] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-03/ro-khanna-silicon-valley-congressman-wants-to-revitalize-rust-belt#xj4y7vzkg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-03/ro-khanna...