cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/12077419

From Atlanta Capital B News

A growing number of Black Democrats who feel alienated by politics as usual within the party are finding common cause with Democratic Socialist activists who want the government to be more responsive to the needs of the working class. Mathewos Samson, a 27-year-old software integration engineer, is competing against Republican Torrey Balam to replace retiring […]The post Georgia Poised to Elect Its First Black Democratic Socialist appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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    The biggest buzz kill right now is as we keep winning we have this large part of the left that is so use to losing that they can’t recognize what winning looks like.

    We have a democratic Zionist that took millions from AIPAC going on Fox News and effectively bending the knee and saying “I will be supporting Abdul”. We don’t have to like her. But there is this paranoia on the left that this is somehow tainting Abdul.

    No, this is us winning. They are deciding that their only option is to bend the knee to our popularity and realizing that actually fighting the right is their only option. They faught Mamdani and realized how unpopular that made them. Yes, they want to keep their jobs. And if they stand behind and pass socialist policy, we’ll let them. That’s ok. We want policy.

    As we gain power these Stevens or Harris endorsements will be unnecessary. But, right now, they aren’t bad. Let’s lose the pessimism.

    Look back at 2023 and see where we came from. Keep working and we can look back at 2026 and also think about how far we’ve come.

    The Democratic party is lined up to do a unity tour behind Hong after she wins tonight. We put them in a position that they are forced into supporting us.

    My biggest surprise is that these establishment Democrats are actually working for the survival of their party. I honestly thought we have to keep fighting them like we had to do with Mamdani. But, that’s not bad. It shows how strong we’ve become.

    In a way, this is similar to what the Republican party was forced into with Trump’s primary win. All those Republicans that didn’t bend the knee are gone now.

    We will get there with the DSA. We will have to fight them again. But, right now, they aren’t fighting us past a primary. So let’s take the bump and fight the right when the Democrats are bending the knee.