The Left can’t sit out the 2028 Democratic primary. If AOC chooses not to run for president, Eric Blanc argues that socialists should run a working-class candidate — even an unknown one — who can inject anti-billionaire politics into the race.
I was just discussing this with my spouse so we refreshed our memory on how previous elections went. I’m not disagreeing with you at all, I just think it’s funny that they went from Sheer to O’Toole to this guy and we’re like, “Yes, this is the fresh new face we need to appeal to the youth.” 🤭
I think that anyone who was paying attention when Trudeau entered politics knew the party was treating him as their savior. That said, I had forgotten how blatant it was. I lived in Michael Ignatieff’s ward. I remember at the time an thinking '“this guy is fucking cooked” after it came to light that he made disparaging remarks about Ukrainian people in his book and then doubled down when asked about it.
People loved Jean Augustine (MP prior) in Etobicoke Lakeshore. I remember people crying at events to honour her when she retired. She was a teacher, and a Black woman who immigrated from Grenada as a domestic worker. It gets overshadowed by Little Jamaica but Etobicoke Lakeshore has a very large Caribbean immigrant community because many of them came as skilled workers to the (formerly) heavily industrial area. So they plop this suit who has lived in the states for 30 years and taught at Harvard in this riding and thought it would work out? It suddenly makes more sense why Trudeau was seen as being able to save the party lol. They steered too hard toward a leader like Harper and it did not work out for them.
I was just discussing this with my spouse so we refreshed our memory on how previous elections went. I’m not disagreeing with you at all, I just think it’s funny that they went from Sheer to O’Toole to this guy and we’re like, “Yes, this is the fresh new face we need to appeal to the youth.” 🤭
I think that anyone who was paying attention when Trudeau entered politics knew the party was treating him as their savior. That said, I had forgotten how blatant it was. I lived in Michael Ignatieff’s ward. I remember at the time an thinking '“this guy is fucking cooked” after it came to light that he made disparaging remarks about Ukrainian people in his book and then doubled down when asked about it.
People loved Jean Augustine (MP prior) in Etobicoke Lakeshore. I remember people crying at events to honour her when she retired. She was a teacher, and a Black woman who immigrated from Grenada as a domestic worker. It gets overshadowed by Little Jamaica but Etobicoke Lakeshore has a very large Caribbean immigrant community because many of them came as skilled workers to the (formerly) heavily industrial area. So they plop this suit who has lived in the states for 30 years and taught at Harvard in this riding and thought it would work out? It suddenly makes more sense why Trudeau was seen as being able to save the party lol. They steered too hard toward a leader like Harper and it did not work out for them.