Chuck Todd suggests DNC primary calendar intended to thwart potential progressive insurgent candidate in 2028
Former NBC News host Chuck Todd said Monday that the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) primary calendar looked as though the national Democratic Party was trying to thwart a progressive insurgent candidate from breaking through in 2028.During his podcast, "The Chuck ToddCast," the ex-NBC host said the schedule looked like it was made to make life harder for a progressive candidate."The more I study this map, the more I think, whether intentionally or simply by consequence — though I don't think there's any accidents in presidential politics — this calendar is intended to make life harder for an insurgent progressive. That's its intent," he said.
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Former NBC News host Chuck Todd said Monday that the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) primary calendar looked as though the national Democratic Party was trying to thwart a progressive insurgent candidate from breaking through in 2028.During his podcast, "The Chuck ToddCast," the ex-NBC host said the schedule looked like it was made to make life harder for a progressive candidate."The more I study this map, the more I think, whether intentionally or simply by consequence — though I don't think there's any accidents in presidential politics — this calendar is intended to make life harder for an insurgent progressive. That's its intent," he said. "The sequence itself is the story, right?" he continued. "Opening with South Carolina and closing with Virginia, a state that has been very friendly to Democrats, but not very friendly to progressive Democrats, right?
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- Former NBC News host Chuck Todd said Monday that the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) primary calendar looked as though the national Democratic Party was trying to thwart a progressive insurgent candidate from breaking through in 2028.During his podcast, "The Chuck ToddCast," the ex-NBC host said the schedule looked like it was made to make life harder for a progressive candidate."The more I study this map, the more I think, whether intentionally or simply by consequence — though I don't think there's any accidents in presidential politics — this calendar is intended to make life harder for an insurgent progressive. That's its intent," he said.
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