John, a recent opinion piece in the New York Times claims that the Democratic Party’s problem is with progressive groups like Justice Democrats rather than corporate, right-wing super PACs like AIPAC.

We can’t say we’re surprised. This op-ed is yet another attempt to point fingers at the left after the Democratic Party failed to stop a second Trump presidency by moving to the right.

The piece blames people-powered, grassroots groups like us and our friends at Sunrise Movement and Working Families Party for holding Democratic candidates accountable to our values of justice and human rights, ridiculously blaming our push for criminal justice reform and compassionate immigration reform for the Party’s losses this November.

As AOC pointed out, the op-ed completely fails to mention AIPAC, despite the pro-Israel lobby group using tens of millions of dollars from its MAGA billionaire donors to spend more than ever before against two Democratic incumbents this cycle:

Our progressive movement won’t be lectured by the same Democratic establishment that has prioritized corporate interests and high-dollar donors at the expense of the working class people of this country who are tired of the status quo.

It’s time for the Democratic Party to clean house and for the corporate-backed, consultant class in power to step aside and make way for bold, new leadership.

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