During negotiations with the DNC and the Harris campaign, we were repeatedly told by interlocutors that Harris couldn’t meet any of our basic requests (a policy shift from Biden, a Palestinian speaker at the DNC, a statement distinguishing herself from Trump on Israel, or even a meeting with Michigan families who lost loved ones to Israeli bombs) because of AIPAC-aligned politicians like Fetterman, who might take to TV, rile up suburban white and Jewish voters, and fracture the party’s coalition in a swing state.
That political calculus alienated a key voting bloc, although likely not large enough to have shifted the ultimate election outcomes, that should be part of a durable Democratic majority. But few will ever be held accountable for that choice.
A Fetterman staffer condemning Uncommitted for not advocating for Palestinians ‘the right way’ is like an arsonist scolding the fire department for using the wrong hose.
I don’t really follow this logic. We can blame the DNC for several things: ignoring constituents, skipping primaries, etc. We can blame voters for letting Trump back into office.
I think this is consistent with the banal statement of two things can be wrong at the same time.
The problem is a lot of people on Lemmy focus on blaming the voters first and don’t really connect that issue with the DNC’s failures. A lot of voters didn’t come out to vote because of how bad Kamala and the DNC were in this election. So focusing on blaming voters is just focusing on the outcome rather than focusing on the actual cause of the issue. You can focus on both issues but if your solution is that voters are bad and need to be shamed rather then the DNC needs to improve they’re not gonna win any elections unless they get lucky again like they did in 2020 with covid and how unpopular Trump was then.
Generically, two things can be wrong at the same time, sure, but here the two things aren’t independent. If we “can blame the DNC for several things: ignoring constituents, skipping primaries, etc.” then we are saying that that is the cause of people not voting for them, which is how trump got reelected.
The two are related, but I don’t think they are interchangable. There are plenty of issues with the DNC. Voters are still responsible for making an educated decision.
I’m angry with both.