Failing
to learn from the humiliating losses of the last election,
establishment Democrats continue to cater to their oligarchical
donors while rejecting the party’s progressive base and its future.
By
Whitney Webb
Part
4 - Putting the oligarchy ahead of the voter base
After winning the election for DNC chair, Perez quickly
called for unity, promising to fight for all Democrats and “change
the culture of the Democratic Party and the DNC.”
However, as evidenced by his behavior in the 2016
primary and in his bid to become DNC chair, Perez is unfit to change
the very establishment DNC culture from which he directly benefits.
While some notable Democrats have recognized that “the
party is on life support,” most establishment Democrats,
despite the obvious and glaring failures of DNC policies, continue to
refuse to acknowledge the reality of their dire situation.
Indeed, Ellison’s recent loss has further galvanized
dissatisfied progressives in their efforts to leave the party en
masse, as evidenced by the resurgence of the hashtag “DemExit.”
By alienating Ellison and Sanders supporters, the
Democrats have chosen to follow the same course that has led them to
ruin, all in the name of the DNC establishment’s veneration of its
oligarchical donors over the voices of its voter base.
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