Doyle McManus: There is no 'civil war' between progressive and centrist Democrats: "Democrats may be locked in a struggle for the soul of their party, but that’s been true in almost every election cycle since 1828...
...What’s striking this time is how strangely polite they’re being to each other, beginning with Ocasio-Cortez. “I am absolutely proud to be a Democrat,” she said after her primary win. “The Democratic Party is a big tent, and there are so many ways to be a Democrat.” Asked by a reporter whether she plans to support Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the Democrats’ leader in the House next year, Ocasio-Cortez diplomatically ducked the question.“I’m not going to get bogged down in Democratic infighting,” she explained in an interview with Jacobin, a socialist magazine. “Not because I’m trying to do the establishment a favor, but because we have a movement to build”...
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