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W_HAMILTON

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20. At least three of those candidates were heralded as progressive, by progressives.

Reply to AStern (Reply #14)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 10:23 PM

Jun 23

PROGRESSIVES need to do better at vetting their candidates and supporting those that have an actual track record of progressive accomplishments rather than simply because they call themselves progressive and/or aren't deemed by them to be part of the dreaded """establishment."""

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