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Robert Reich

The real meaning of Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan

Abdul El-Sayed smiles while walking outdoors
‘The US desperately needs people in Congress who will fight against Trump and his sycophants.’ Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

With the victory of progressive Abdul El-Sayed over representative Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic primary, prepare yourself to hear enormous quantities of bullshit about the Democratic party now being “taken over” by the “left” or by “democratic socialists”.

Or as the reliably establishment New York Times put it: “Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?”

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