Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?

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    6 months ago

    I didn’t say “Democrat” at all in my comment.

    All progressives are Democrats, not all Democrats are progressives. The Democratic party is a coalition.

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        6 months ago

        Yeah. Bernie Sanders himself is not a Democrat, but most of his supporters are Democrats who are socialist, not liberal.

        Then you’ve got your Joe Manchin types, who basically agree with Republicans but don’t like the racism etc. Blue Dogs.

        Then you’ve got the split between “progressives” and “centrists”. Biden being more of a centrist, AOC being more of a progressive. “Liberal” means different things to different people, but most Democrats would say progressives are liberals while centrists aren’t.