DNC chair candidates embrace Biden's oligarchy warning • Michigan Advance
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Candidates for Democratic National Committee leadership posts largely embraced President Joe Biden’s warnings of an oligarchy taking shape in America during a series of forums Thursday in Detroit that ran nearly eight hours. Marianne Williamson, who is running to lead the party after unsuccessfully seeking the White House in 2020 and 2024, said that the […]

Ken Martin, the chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, said that as DNC chair, he would ensure the party does not accept contributions from billionaires that Biden was referencing while not swearing off wealthy donors entirely.

“Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of good billionaires out there that have been with Democrats, who share our values, and we will take their money,” Martin said. “But we’re not taking money from the bad billionaires.”

  • WatDabney
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    13 hours ago

    And still fucking Democrats are sitting in their comfy enclaves with the “good” billionaires, wringing their hands over how they just can’t seem to find the right “messaging” to convince the sweaty plebes that they know what’s best for them.

    All it would take to start winning elections is for them to get up off of their soft, pampered asses and get out there and actually listen to some ordinary people for a change, find out what they want, then fucking well set about actually delivering it for them.