Well, this is uncomfortable.
According to NBC News, The Rhode Island Democratic Party is so terrified of radical socialist ideas like universal health care, job guarantees and women’s right to an abortion (yes, you read that right) that they prefer to support sexual predators, domestic abusers, Neo-Nazis, NRA shills, and Trump supporters rather than see a progressive woman in office.
State Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell is one of just eight African-Americans in the state legislature and, according to her tally, seven of them are now facing challenges in the September 12 primary..."Quite frankly, they are not used to women of color, black women, standing up," Ranglin-Vassell said.
The party is “facing open revolt” by the rank-and-file, but this apparently matters not a whit to the leadership. Read the article and follow the links. I didn’t want to believe it either.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t the first progressive woman of color to upset the Good Ole Boys among us. They are shaking things up, and conservative Dems don’t like it. After all, God only knows what could happen if the working class should start to feel entitled to healthcare, higher education, and autonomy over their own bodies! But there is healthy conservatism, and then there is the kind of rabid nihilistic fascism that passes for conservatism these days.
Shame on the RI Democratic Party leadership for supporting reactionary GOP transplants over progressives from their own party.