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Hard pill to swallow: Many of the Oregon Democrats who voted to gut PERS despite union opposition, have already had progressive primary challengers in the past but those same unions ended up endorsing the incumbent.
So yes those Dems should be primaries, but we also should have all been supporting their progressive primary challengers before the deed was done. These same Dems have been screwing us for years but the unions keep endorsing them and spending $ for them.
And to be clear, this is not the union members fault. This does not mean those Dems are as bad as republicans. I said what I meant. Centrist Dems should have progressive primary challengers and they often do, and the union often endorses the incumbent. Just facts.
I also don’t want this to come off as somehow saying the unions or their leadership are bad. I’m just saying that votes like today should highlight the importance of primaries and that unions should stop automatically endorsing incumbents even if they are the favorite.
We have a super majority and still can’t get shit done and care more about Nike than teachers. Stop supporting incumbent democrats just because they say the right things about Trump!
