It took not even two cycles for progressives to build a winning elections apparatus in the House, knocking down incumbent titans and dominating in open seats. That might never have happened if not for one stunning misstep from Cheri Bustos and the DCCC... https://prospect.org/politics/how-progressives-built-a-campaign-machine-thanks-to-the-dccc/">https://prospect.org/politics/...
Last March, as the 2020 cycle began, @RepCheri, backed by @SpeakerPelosi, announced that any vendor/strategist/firm who worked with a progressive challenger would be barred from lucrative DCCC contracts. That, they thought, would choke out the insurgency. https://prospect.org/politics/how-progressives-built-a-campaign-machine-thanks-to-the-dccc/">https://prospect.org/politics/...
Mainstream press and corporate Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries once taunted progressives when they lost. Not anymore. Progressives have won more primaries in this cycle than the Tea Party, the most significant political group of the 2010s, ever won in one. https://prospect.org/politics/how-progressives-built-a-campaign-machine-thanks-to-the-dccc/">https://prospect.org/politics/...
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