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In reply to the discussion: I will be blocking everyone with a Sander photo attached to their posts. [View all]Celerity
(51,156 posts)67. So, other than Bernie (who is an independent) what progressive in Congress doesn't call
themselves a Democrat as well?
here is the complete list of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
every single one calls himself or herself a Democrat
so, do tell, who are these mythical self-identifying (as non Democratic) progressives in Congress other than Sanders?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus#House_members
Arizona
Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3, Tucson)
Ruben Gallego (AZ-7, Phoenix) vice chair
California
Jared Huffman (CA-2, San Rafael)
Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11, Concord)
Barbara Lee (CA-13, Oakland)
Ro Khanna (CA-17, Fremont) first vice chair
Zoe Lofgren (CA-19, San Jose)
Jimmy Panetta (CA-20, Carmel Valley)
Judy Chu (CA-27, El Monte)
Brad Sherman (CA-30, Sherman Oaks)
Grace Napolitano (CA-32, Norwalk)
Ted Lieu (CA-33, Los Angeles)
Jimmy Gomez (CA-34, Los Angeles)
Karen Bass (CA-37, Baldwin Hills)
Linda Sanchez (CA-38, Lakewood)
Gil Cisneros (CA-39, Yorba Linda)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40, Los Angeles)
Mark Takano (CA-41, Riverside) vice chair
Maxine Waters (CA-43, Inglewood)
Nanette Barragán (CA-44, San Pedro)
Katie Porter (CA-45, Irvine)
Alan Lowenthal (CA-47, Long Beach)
Mike Levin (CA-49, San Juan Capistrano)
Juan Vargas (CA-51, San Diego)
Colorado
Joe Neguse (CO-2, Boulder) vice chair
Connecticut
Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)
Delaware
Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE at-large)
Florida
Darren Soto (FL-9, Orlando)
Lois Frankel (FL-21, West Palm Beach)
Frederica Wilson (FL-24, Miami)
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26, Miami)
Georgia
Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)
Hawaii
Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2, Honolulu)
Illinois
Chuy Garcia (IL-4, Chicago)
Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago) vice chair
Indiana
André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)
Iowa
Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Iowa City)
Kentucky
John Yarmuth (KY-3, Louisville)
Maine
Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)
Maryland
Jamie Raskin (MD-8, Takoma Park)
Massachusetts
Jim McGovern (MA-2, Worcester)
Joe Kennedy III (MA-4, Brookline)
Katherine Clark (MA-5, Melrose)
Ayanna Pressley (MA-7, Dorchester)
Lori Trahan (MA-3, Westford)
Michigan
Dan Kildee (MI-5, Flint Township)
Andy Levin (MI-9, Bloomfield Township)
Debbie Dingell (MI-12, Dearborn) vice chair
Rashida Tlaib (MI-13, Detroit)
Brenda Lawrence (MI-14, Southfield)
Minnesota
Angie Craig (MN-2, Eagan)
Ilhan Omar (MN-5, Minneapolis) whip
Mississippi
Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton)
Missouri
Lacy Clay (MO-1, St. Louis)
Nevada
Steven Horsford (NV-4, Las Vegas)
New Jersey
Donald Norcross (NJ-1, Camden) vice chair
Andy Kim (NJ-3, Bordentown)
Frank Pallone (NJ-6, Long Branch)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12, Trenton)
New Mexico
Deb Haaland (NM-1, Albuquerque)
New York
Grace Meng (NY-6, Queens)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-7, Brooklyn)
Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8, Brooklyn)
Yvette Clarke (NY-9, Brooklyn)
Jerrold Nadler (NY-10, Manhattan)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-12, Manhattan)
Adriano Espaillat (NY-13, Manhattan)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14, Bronx)
José Serrano (NY-15, Bronx)
Joe Morelle (NY-25, Rochester)
North Carolina
Alma Adams (NC-12, Charlotte)
Ohio
Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Cleveland)
Oregon
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1, Beaverton)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Springfield)
Pennsylvania
Brendan Boyle (PA-2, Philadelphia)
Dwight Evans (PA-3, Philadelphia)
Madeleine Dean (PA-4, Abington Township)
Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5, Swarthmore)
Matt Cartwright (PA-8, Scranton)
Rhode Island
David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence) vice chair
Tennessee
Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)
Texas
Veronica Escobar (TX-16, El Paso) vice chair
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston) vice chair
Sylvia Garcia (TX-29, Houston)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)
Lloyd Doggett (TX-35, Austin)
Vermont
Peter Welch (VT at-Large)
Virginia
Don Beyer (VA-8, Alexandria)
Washington
Pramila Jayapal (WA-7, Seattle) co-chair
Adam Smith (WA-9, Bellevue)
Wisconsin
Mark Pocan (WI-2, Madison) co-chair
Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)
Non-voting
Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)
Senate members
Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)
here is the complete list of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
every single one calls himself or herself a Democrat
so, do tell, who are these mythical self-identifying (as non Democratic) progressives in Congress other than Sanders?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus#House_members
Arizona
Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3, Tucson)
Ruben Gallego (AZ-7, Phoenix) vice chair
California
Jared Huffman (CA-2, San Rafael)
Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11, Concord)
Barbara Lee (CA-13, Oakland)
Ro Khanna (CA-17, Fremont) first vice chair
Zoe Lofgren (CA-19, San Jose)
Jimmy Panetta (CA-20, Carmel Valley)
Judy Chu (CA-27, El Monte)
Brad Sherman (CA-30, Sherman Oaks)
Grace Napolitano (CA-32, Norwalk)
Ted Lieu (CA-33, Los Angeles)
Jimmy Gomez (CA-34, Los Angeles)
Karen Bass (CA-37, Baldwin Hills)
Linda Sanchez (CA-38, Lakewood)
Gil Cisneros (CA-39, Yorba Linda)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40, Los Angeles)
Mark Takano (CA-41, Riverside) vice chair
Maxine Waters (CA-43, Inglewood)
Nanette Barragán (CA-44, San Pedro)
Katie Porter (CA-45, Irvine)
Alan Lowenthal (CA-47, Long Beach)
Mike Levin (CA-49, San Juan Capistrano)
Juan Vargas (CA-51, San Diego)
Colorado
Joe Neguse (CO-2, Boulder) vice chair
Connecticut
Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)
Delaware
Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE at-large)
Florida
Darren Soto (FL-9, Orlando)
Lois Frankel (FL-21, West Palm Beach)
Frederica Wilson (FL-24, Miami)
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26, Miami)
Georgia
Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)
Hawaii
Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2, Honolulu)
Illinois
Chuy Garcia (IL-4, Chicago)
Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago) vice chair
Indiana
André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)
Iowa
Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Iowa City)
Kentucky
John Yarmuth (KY-3, Louisville)
Maine
Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)
Maryland
Jamie Raskin (MD-8, Takoma Park)
Massachusetts
Jim McGovern (MA-2, Worcester)
Joe Kennedy III (MA-4, Brookline)
Katherine Clark (MA-5, Melrose)
Ayanna Pressley (MA-7, Dorchester)
Lori Trahan (MA-3, Westford)
Michigan
Dan Kildee (MI-5, Flint Township)
Andy Levin (MI-9, Bloomfield Township)
Debbie Dingell (MI-12, Dearborn) vice chair
Rashida Tlaib (MI-13, Detroit)
Brenda Lawrence (MI-14, Southfield)
Minnesota
Angie Craig (MN-2, Eagan)
Ilhan Omar (MN-5, Minneapolis) whip
Mississippi
Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton)
Missouri
Lacy Clay (MO-1, St. Louis)
Nevada
Steven Horsford (NV-4, Las Vegas)
New Jersey
Donald Norcross (NJ-1, Camden) vice chair
Andy Kim (NJ-3, Bordentown)
Frank Pallone (NJ-6, Long Branch)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12, Trenton)
New Mexico
Deb Haaland (NM-1, Albuquerque)
New York
Grace Meng (NY-6, Queens)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-7, Brooklyn)
Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8, Brooklyn)
Yvette Clarke (NY-9, Brooklyn)
Jerrold Nadler (NY-10, Manhattan)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-12, Manhattan)
Adriano Espaillat (NY-13, Manhattan)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14, Bronx)
José Serrano (NY-15, Bronx)
Joe Morelle (NY-25, Rochester)
North Carolina
Alma Adams (NC-12, Charlotte)
Ohio
Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Cleveland)
Oregon
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1, Beaverton)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Springfield)
Pennsylvania
Brendan Boyle (PA-2, Philadelphia)
Dwight Evans (PA-3, Philadelphia)
Madeleine Dean (PA-4, Abington Township)
Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5, Swarthmore)
Matt Cartwright (PA-8, Scranton)
Rhode Island
David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence) vice chair
Tennessee
Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)
Texas
Veronica Escobar (TX-16, El Paso) vice chair
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston) vice chair
Sylvia Garcia (TX-29, Houston)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)
Lloyd Doggett (TX-35, Austin)
Vermont
Peter Welch (VT at-Large)
Virginia
Don Beyer (VA-8, Alexandria)
Washington
Pramila Jayapal (WA-7, Seattle) co-chair
Adam Smith (WA-9, Bellevue)
Wisconsin
Mark Pocan (WI-2, Madison) co-chair
Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)
Non-voting
Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)
Senate members
Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)

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I will be blocking everyone with a Sander photo attached to their posts. [View all]
Dream Girl
Mar 2020
OP
I get it. I'm just so angry and frustrated. It would give me a tiny bit of satisfaction
Dream Girl
Mar 2020
#12
Sanders is no longer a candidate with a viable chance of becoming our nominee. If I had...
George II
Mar 2020
#13
So, other than Bernie (who is an independent) what progressive in Congress doesn't call
Celerity
Mar 2020
#67
It's interesting that on that list are the first two members of Congress who endorsed Sanders....
George II
Mar 2020
#91
Case by case blocking for me. But I sympathize. I will block those who bash the nominee or lie
emmaverybo
Mar 2020
#27
Have to admit I kind of liked the emoji band, it was a clever way to look like a real post
Dream Girl
Mar 2020
#37
If you're "undecided" at this point, wat does that even mean? Don't bother to reply cuz
Dream Girl
Mar 2020
#35
I am also going to do this...it gives me an anxiety attack every time I see the picture and think
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#47
What...blocking supporters of someone who is only a Democrat during a presidential election?
zackymilly
Mar 2020
#58
No, because if someone is that uptight I don't need to interact with them. nt
USALiberal
Mar 2020
#75
I started doing it after I got a hateful message from one in my inbox.
redstatebluegirl
Mar 2020
#76
I am glad you have this all wrapped up and will not need Sanders supported in November.
StTimofEdenRoc
Mar 2020
#90
We might have had a shot to get Sanders supporters if he exited the race but he plans to stay in
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#99
Joe Biden's smile in the mug shot at the bottom of your post reminds me...
BluesRunTheGame
Mar 2020
#94
That's probably for the best. It'll cut down on the internecine fighting
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2020
#98
I did not have the courage to say this even though I thought of it many times.
katmondoo
Mar 2020
#106
"Democracy" has spoken. He lost. What does it say about him that won't do the decent thing in this
Dream Girl
Mar 2020
#115