Progressives accused liberals who voted for the [[Iraq War]] and the [[Patriot Act]] of betraying the cause of [[socialism]]. Ironically, it was progressives in the [[Obama administration]] who used provisions of the Patriot Act that allowed for spying on domestic groups sympathetic to [[Al-Qaeda]], and applied them to the Trump campaign from 2015 on to further the anti-democratic objective of single party control. | Progressives accused liberals who voted for the [[Iraq War]] and the [[Patriot Act]] of betraying the cause of [[socialism]]. Ironically, it was progressives in the [[Obama administration]] who used provisions of the Patriot Act that allowed for spying on domestic groups sympathetic to [[Al-Qaeda]], and applied them to the Trump campaign from 2015 on to further the anti-democratic objective of single party control. |