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I am just so darn tired of some of the more conservative 'Democrats' in RI trying their best to frame the narrative as 'traditional' vs. 'progressive' Democrats. Traditional is NOT the antonym for progressive, and RI's 'traditional Dems' are in many ways not Democrats at all. They ignore both the national and state Democratic platforms, they refuse to follow the wishes of their constituents, in fact the majority of Rhode Islanders, when it comes to issues like women's reproductive health care and common sense gun safety. In fact, one can't tell many of them from Republicans! If they want to speak of traditional Democrats, I suggest they read up on Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama, both vilified in their own party for progressive ideas. If they want to be honest, they should use one of the proper antonyms for progressive to describe themselves: regressive. I suggest they lead, follow or get out of the way, but stop accusing real Democrats of being extremists (Mattiello's word) and worse. We are not revolutionaries, we are the real Democrats.