Democrats just won what could be their largest House majority in decades but some battle-tested centrists are already warning their party not to lose it in 2028.
Those now-emboldened Democrats, who have long competed in battleground districts, are now urging party leaders to stick to this fall’s core promises on affordability — or risk a backlash in the next election.
Privately and publicly, these Democrats are urging leaders to focus on kitchen-table issues and avoid culture-war fights they believe could divide the party and invite Republican attacks, according to nearly a dozen lawmakers and aides.
For many, that means steering clear of transgender issues and policing reform bills they fear Republicans would weaponize. They also want to avoid left-wing priorities such as ending US support for Israel or abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Several Democrats also called for restraint in the party’s oversight agenda, warning that talk of impeaching President Donald Trump or his Cabinet should not overshadow that focus.
Oh, fuck off. The next people to go are these shitty democrats that only serve themselves.
The centrist Dems consistently having the worst fucking takes
Not focusing on transgender issues means restoring the status quo. Trans people were able to change gender markers on their ID cards, and play in school sports, and not be prosecuted for using public restrooms before the current trans panic.
Restore the rights we already had. Anything less is a betrayal, and a choice to join the fascists. Refusing to restore our rights is the opposite of steering clear the issue.
I mean is that really a big issue people care about vs how expensive everything is.
Dear Centrist Democrats: Grow a fucking spine or fuck off.
Look how many centrists won in the last election lol. We should definitely listen to these fuckwits and not just primary them from the left. /s
The centrist democrats can shut the fuck up
Gotta remember they’re still neo liberal conservatives who have to maintain corporate interests.
The Republicans murdered civilians in Iran, Venezuela, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, Minnesota, and all across the US.
They fully turned ICE into the gestapo and have used it to terrorize citizens and legal immigrants and intimidate or murder legal dissenters
They poisoned an already unbalanced media landscape.
They destroyed national parks and monuments up to and including the White House.
They have openly flaunted corruption in all branches of government to criminalize abortion which certain justices deemed established law in their confirmation hearings, accept presidential emoluments from foreign nations, destroy public scientific databases and erode public institutions.
They abandoned our allies and global commitments to create a dangerous global security and food situation for decades to come and completely zeroed out US trust and soft power.
What is too far? What the fuck could possibly be too far? Instead, be afraid that you Democrats don’t do enough, cementing in our minds that your party is useless, which will lead to the next situation being worse than the current one.
Well, yeah, but, like, what else?
Seriously, though, nice list thanks for taking the time.
Want to know why Democrats have such grabage approval ratings from their own voters, shit like this. Oh and fuck Israel and ICE.
they’re leaning back, tweaking their nipples, confident you’re not going to vote 3rd party and will throw them a hate vote.
Jokes on them then, I’m not a Democrat and never will because politics isn’t a team sport. I’ll vote for them if they have good candidates but I happily didn’t vote D for my senator this year because I think he is corporate Dem who will follow Chuck Schumer lockstep and I won’t support that.
Transgender rights aren’t culture war issues.
And if you can’t even stand behind that bare-minimum plank in your platform, what the hell good are you?
theres actual peer reviewed studies showing that them supporting trans rights is the position that gets them exponentially more votes. At this point you have to wonder if “pragmatism” is just cover for bigotry
Ditto Medicare For All.
I mean it is. It’s also because that’s what their masters want, so it sows discord amongst the working class.
Want to be heard? Want change? Getting organized, and getting armed is the only way it will happen. They don’t fear us more than they love money.
We can change that.
Centrist Democrats
Did you mean worthless corporate shills?
Looking forward to losing 2028 by a landslide if these weaklings get their way.
Which is why we don’t need centrist Dems at the moment.
Nah, fuck that. Centrism didn’t win this midterm.
“Battle tested” lol centrists are doughboys hiding in the trench making no gains whatsoever. Time for the progressive blitz
“We are going to try to govern, progressives are going to try to make a point,” one Democratic aide working for a centrist member told CNN. “This is not the time to show how progressive we can be. People need to see us fighting.”
These fucking ghouls…
I always heard leftist people saying that this is what the Democrats would do.
Shocked the shit out of me when I got to observe them doing it.
These people have no business being involved in government at any level. If you see a group trying to commit a Holocaust and you’re concerned that people might perceive you as too progressive for supporting transgender people, you have clearly decided to be part of the problem.
When in their lives have centrists ever been known for fighting. Sorry, it occurs to me this will need a specifier, fighting the right.
