Elijah Manley was still a teenager when his frustration with President Trump pushed him to get involved in politics. Today, he’s finally old enough to run for Congress. Upset with how his own Democratic Party is responding to Trump, he’s decided to do just that.

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    6 days ago

    They need to be immune to so many different PACs. And they need to learn the lesson Biden and Kamala didn’t: you actually get more funding my courting us, the people, than you do the corporations. Yeah, the corporations have more money, and they’ll give you some, but they’ll give more to the republican candidate, and what’s more, there’s more of us.

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      6 days ago

      DNC hasn’t conducted a legitimate presidential primary since 08. That is EIGHTEEN straight years of effyou from the DNC. No signs they plan on wavering anytime soon. Your next candidate will be anointed for you.

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      You’re high as a kite if you think a super pac doesn’t have infinitely deeper pockets. They just bid the minimum for these politicians. If millions of grass roots donors gave everything they could, it would be a rounding error for them to match it.

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        6 days ago

        No I know the PACs have more monetary power than we do. But Kamala stopped getting as much funding when she turned to them instead of us. The PACs love republicans because the republicans will do anything for money