As we saw in Mamdani’s race, and in races with progressive candidates across the country, young voters are turning out in record numbers, proving that we didn’t lose Gen Z; they just needed candidates to vote for.
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by number of sources- A year ago, I was removed from my position as vice chair of the DNC for daring to suggest that we needed to challenge geriatric, corrupt, and asleep-at-the-wheel Democrats in safe blue seats.21 sources2026commondreams.org
- As we saw in Mamdani’s race, and in races with progressive candidates across the country, young voters are turning out in record numbers, proving that we didn’t lose Gen Z; they just needed candidates to vote for.4 sources2026commondreams.org
A year ago, I was removed from my position as vice chair of the DNC for daring to suggest that we needed to challenge geriatric, corrupt, and asleep-at-the-wheel Democrats in safe blue seats.
The establishment kicked me out for those 'radical' views, and the establishment is losing,
And if you really are serious about that, you cannot, in good faith, say that you are neutral if you are supporting those party institutions when they are actively intervening in primaries.
If they’re going to support neutrality, that needs to look like a full approach to neutrality.
We know that the cards are stacked against younger people, especially younger women, and we want to do everything we can to support them and get money behind them.
The people have spoken — and they’re saying that the establishment is cooked.
At a time when our party is increasingly losing young voters and struggling to find a message for young men, Zohran has managed to do BOTH at an incredible scale.
They don’t want to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth, which is that we have to dramatically change as a party, and what brought us here is not what’s going to get us out.
It doesn’t take 100 million dollars in ads funded by Republican billionaires, it ADVERTISES ITSELF BECAUSE PEOPLE BELIEVE IT.
Where are all the 'we can't afford it' politicians, now that we're on the brink of what could be another multi-trillion dollar war?
Ultimately, I have decided to not run in this upcoming election so the party can focus on what really matters.
Ultimately, I have decided to not run in this upcoming election so the party can focus on what really matters.
I came into this role to play a positive role in creating the change our party needs.
After seeing a serious lack of vision from Democratic leaders, too many of them asleep at the wheel...
There’ve been a few members that have come out, that have said, ‘if I retire my life is effectively over.’… Get over yourself. This isn’t about you.
We have empowered the cruelty of Republicans and handed them an expanded majority because elderly Democratic leaders refused to step down. It is unconscionable.
It is undeniable, though, that with less Democratic members it gives Trump greater ability to pass what he wants through Congress. And this never had to happen.
It is always going to be harder to try to make something work than it is to make it fail.
We have to show our base right now that we are doing everything we can to fight back against Donald Trump, and that includes holding ourselves accountable.





