Corporate Democrats are weaponizing identity politics to smear progressives | Arwa Mahdawi

House members have responded to legitimate criticism with cynicism. Let's not have another Bernie bros' moment

Before we get started, some ground rules. You are, of course, completely free to disagree with everything I have to say here. However, doing so might mean that you're racist, homophobic and/or sexist. (Not to boast, but I have a lot of oppression cards to play.) So, you might want to tread carefully, OK?

That might sound ridiculous, but I don't make the rules: I'm just taking a page from the corporate Democrat playbook. From Haley Stevens to Hakeem Jeffries, cynically weaponizing identity politics to ward off reasonable criticism seems to be all the rage.

Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist