"called for an end to the petty divisiveness among progressive among Hillary Clinton and Bernie...

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Cap Times Idea Fest: Progressives must talk with voters where they live, panel says

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/university/cap-times-idea-fest-progressives-must-talk-with-voters-where/article_e2e9eede-8507-58a7-b2a2-a6084b27c82a.html


By Pat Schneider 3 hrs ago




Madison Ald. Maurice Cheeks (center) talks about revitalizing the progressive movement Sunday at the Cap Times Idea Fest. Other panelists included U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (far left), state Rep. Katrina Shankland, and Matt Rothschild of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
PAT SCHNEIDER | Capital Times







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I concur with Rothchild.


............“We need to make relationships with people who don’t agree with us and engage in conversation,” he said.

Rothschild also called for an end to the “petty divisiveness” among progressive among Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters, on social media and in social circles.

“It’s corrosive. We’ve got enough problems,” he said.

Moore echoed that sentiment, recalling how she was furious in the immediate aftermath of Trump’s election with all the political blocs who didn’t do enough to elect Clinton.

“We have to forgive each other; collectively we have created the environment that gave us Donald Trump,” she said. That’s what Republicans who had turned up their noses at Trump ultimately did for self-preservation.

For progressives trying to reinvigorate a movement, it’s even more important. “Don’t make perfect the enemy of the good,” Moore counseled........................................

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1. My friend claimed Wisconsin was particularly bad because people "weren't allowed" to volunteer for

HRC because they worked for other campaigns before the primary was over. When we examined that, he admitted of course they could volunteer but why weren't they allowed to run and manage the campaigns locally? So since they weren't given leadership positions they got angry and complained they were left out. Bullshit.

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2. We did not have that in my area but I did hear there was somthing along

those lines elsewhere? We hoped they were rumors. But there are lots of Sanders supporters in WI but there ones I knew voted for HRC.

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3. My friend thought it was fine that they thought hey could slide into leadership positions when their

Support was so soft, or so begrudging that they'd not be willing to help.