The funny thing is that Dore's #ForceTheVote wouldn't have even happened if the Squad just did what they were hired to do, which is organize a challenge to the speakership. The M4A floor vote thing was just a last ditch stand-in for that.
That's why all the influencer nerds trying to nitpick this to death about procedure and utility of a vote are missing the point. But that's their job: Drain the politics out of a conflict and pretend it's about procedure, pragmatism, etc. Always obfuscate and protect the brand.
The continued viability of the Left™ Inc. industrial complex — donations, eyeballs, jobs, subscriptions, retweets — is now staked on the political celebrity of AOC (and the Squad). There is a strong need to maintain that edgy, oppositional image and brand, despite no results.
Leftism™ Inc. needs M4A to just be one small issue in the Leftist lifestyle brand. The brand is the priority for them. But M4A is a huge issue that brings in a lot of people who want the policy but don't care about the lifestyle brand. That's why Leftism™ Inc. really hated this
But as I said, this wasn't really even about M4A. It's about exposing the lack of a real populist, anti-establishment bloc in the party.
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