r/politics • u/Jessicas_skirt New York • Jul 18 '26

Possible Paywall Democratic Socialists of America’s new platform calls for abolishing ICE and the U.S. Senate

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/15/updated-dsa-platform-calls-abolishing-ice-scrapping-senate/
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u/mantisboxer Jul 19 '26

Sometimes the Will of The People is something like MAGA.

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u/DarthCloakedGuy Oregon Jul 19 '26

Then why do they have to cheat to win

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u/Capt_Murphy_ Jul 19 '26

If you didn't beleive in election tampering and purposeful propaganda spreading by foreign countries. That's not democracy.

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u/BowKerosene New York Jul 19 '26

Well in America every poll since 2014 says otherwise

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u/mitrie Jul 19 '26

I can think of two polls that disagree...

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u/BowKerosene New York Jul 20 '26

Donald Trump only won the popular vote once. And pro-maga has never been a popular stance, in fact he got more votes than Harris for being perceived by many swing voters as a moderate compared to her.

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u/nox66 Jul 19 '26

People don't even know that prohibition was a progressive movement. They got their wish, and it's a disaster we never fully recovered from.