Absolutely atrocious. Would lose previously blue places like Lackawanna County, PA by 25 points and destroy the Dems suburban coalition.
Trade the suburban bourgeois vote in exchange for the working class who have swung to the Republicans. If the Democrats want to be serious about winning elections they should ditch neoliberalism and fully adopt to being a populist left party. The coalition would not be so fractured with having right-leaning voters in the same party as progressives.
The Dems would have to be a much more patriotic party than what they currently are to pull this off. WWC voters are really not interested in economically left candidates who spew communist slogans like the squad does.
Eh, patriotism has nothing to do with it. Patriotism is simply loving one's country, but that doesn't necessarily have to mean believing one's country is perfect. Personally, I'd say that working toward improving things one believes are wrong with one's country is actually the highest form of patriotism.
Now, this thread is talking about the Squad. Can admit there are a member or two there that, through their rhetoric, don't seem all that patriotic. But, you didn't just bring up the Squad; you brought up all Democrats. Plenty of patriotic Democrats out there, contrary to some ill-held beliefs.
