• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’m not sure what you mean…

    The chair has absolute power and is accountable to no one.

    Before the current DNC chair was elected (just a few months ago) they had been head of the Minnesota state party for about a decade.

    That’s a very long political track record to look at, and that’s why the DNC voting members elected him

    Are you asking for a summary of the last decade of Minnesota state politics that shows Martin ran fair primaries which resulted in progressive Dems getting majorities?

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      2 days ago

      Are you asking for a summary of the last decade of Minnesota state politics that shows Martin ran fair primaries which resulted in progressive Dems getting majorities?

      I would love this summary if there is one.

      The only thing I had heard about the DNC leadership was them electing a progressive to vice chair on “accident” and then kicked him out after they realized he would be supporting progressive canidates

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        9 hours ago

        You’re thinking of Vice Chair David Hogg.

        Hogg pledged to primary ineffective democrats and the party crucified him for it. Current chair Ken Martin opposed this, proposing a change to bylaws that would require impartiality in primaries.

        I am firmly with Hogg on this. Progressives need to be supported and conservative Democrats purged. Republicans with a D next to their name are no less an existential threat than those with an R. I don’t see Ken Martin as promising in any way whatsoever.

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      2 days ago

      I just wondered if you had a link to a story or analysis summarizing that, since I wasn’t aware of any of it. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, I’ll look it up.