The longtime backer of Medicare for All bested a 9-to-1 spending deficit to defeat Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), who was endorsed by the party establishment.

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    1 day ago

    “The establishment” is the DNC…

    The current DNC wont endorse anyone in a primary, which is good because a huge problem with the past DNC, has been weighing in on primaries.

    The chair endorsed El-Sayed almost immediately after the primary results, anything faster or slower, and yeah, that’s a problem.

    But this wasn’t.

    Pretending that a couple dinosaurs who will lose their own primaries is “the establishment” only turns people off from the party, making them less likely to vote in primaries, and making progressives less likely to win.