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To understand why DSA keeps winning, it's important to understand that after 2018, the DSA wing of the party (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) reached an accommodation with the establishment wing (Nancy Pelosi). The establishment wing would embrace the Woke/rad-Left culture agenda of BLM/DEI radicalism, open borders, & trans, while the DSA...

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120,618 views • 1 year ago

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The Democrat Party is at war with itself. Their so-called “moderates” are getting STEAMROLLED by their left-wing radicals that now control the party. The energy and money all belong to the anti-American MARXISTS. The government is shut down because Democrats are TOO AFRAID of their radical base to lead. But enough is enough.

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187,619 views • 9 months ago

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51,421 views • 25 days ago

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37,674 views • 26 days ago

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31,188 views • 1 month ago

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