Ah, you're mistaken. I'm not speaking of actual elected Democrats. The progressive caucus of the party supported her in the fight. I'm talking about laymen and citizens which Karakand can maybe vouch for me. From my time viewing regular progressives, they wanted someone newer. I could certainly be wrong, however, as I'm less in tune with the social media outrage people now.
These days I put a line between actual progressive elected officials and their supporters. Their supporters are far more radical.
Yeah, I get the difference. But I wonder how many liberal/progressive types are actually solidly anti-Pelosi. My sense is that there seems to be a lot if you're extremely Online.
I think a lot of liberals, especially younger ones, had a vaguely negative impression of her because she'd been in leadership forever and has been at the head of the party as they've lost a bunch of elections. Getting a couple wins in a row where Trump backs down without getting anything changes that.
Good take. It takes time but it's wise to realize that what's said on social media doesn't necessarily correspond to actual party mandate. A lot of what goes on social media is just noise but if you read it enough, you might think it's mainstream opinion. Which is why Republicans (or even people in our Outside Forum Thread) often think what some random progressive schmuck from Twitter or RejectEra says is in any way a reflection on "The Left" (capitalized) when in reality, it's just some random college student whose opinion means jack and shit.
So when you read online from twitter or forums where progressives are rabidly against "centrists" like Pelosi, you might start to try to connect the dots and think their progressive representatives think similarly. But it's really not true.
I get the feeling for many of the younger, more progressive Democrats they feel like the "old guard" are why they lost in 2016 and that's why they want them out, which is exactly what you said.
