Posted on 11/28/2021 5:35:23 AM PST by Libloather
Progressives are trying to push President Joe Biden further to the left, encouraging him and congressional Democratic leaders to energize an unsatisfied base by delivering on his campaign promises as the party struggles with retaining control of its razor-thin majorities ahead of next year's midterm elections.
Democrats have scored some significant victories under the Biden administration in passing the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and advancing the $1.75 trillion social spending bill - both key to the president's domestic agenda.
But a chaotic Afghanistan troop withdrawal, a spike in inflation, supply chain woes, and the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic have hurt Biden and the party with control of both chambers of Congress. Now the Democrats are the underdogs facing a red wave in 2022, and some progressives say that the president must abandon his central promise of unity to recapture the support of those who voted for him last year.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez warned that inaction and broken promises would leave the party at risk of "breaking trust" with its voters, particularly those in marginalized communities that the president vowed to help on the campaign trail.
"There's all this focus on 'Democrats deliver, Democrats deliver,' but are they delivering on the things that people are asking for the most right now?" the New York Democrat recently told The New York Times. "In communities like mine, the issues that people are loudest and feel most passionately about are the ones that the party is speaking to the least."
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Rep. Cori Bush argued that Democrats would risk losing loyal Black voters if they continue to pair down the social safety net and climate provisions in the spending bill, and Biden should champion even bolder bills to motivate his base to turn out in the midterm elections.
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From his basement. The socialists don't enjoy polls which point out that they suck.
Democrats always falter when they get in charge because they promised every victim group and their brother the moon knowing they can’t deliver on all of them. Fear and promises backed up with nothing but tax cuts and giveaways to their rich donors.
Even government freebies are subject to supply chain disruptions. Welcome to Brandon’s bizarro world.
Infrastructure.
Did I tell you biden drove truck back in the day
Of course,back then they called them horse drawn carriages.
The latest ChiCom paid propaganda machine narrative is that Biden is successful by passing big spending bills. None one cares. It’s just wasteful vote buying.
Brandon vowing to help Dems on the campaign trail......means the Kiss of Death is coming. Ask McAuliffe.
Bidungs poll no’s are dismal.... approval is now about 30%......and he’s standing in quicksand.
To be fair he’s the all time fave of The Cashing in Bigtime crowd:
<><> The Biden Crime Family,
<><>campaign aides,
<><>cronies,
<><>woke govt contractors,
<><>Democrats not standing for reelection,
<><>welfare drones and migrant swarms.
“More totalitarian BS for everyone - What could go wrong?” ~ Nicolae Ceaușescu
Even government freebies are subject to supply chain disruptions. Welcome to Brandon’s bizarro world.
Lol........good catch.
Lol.........
The inexorable “Road to Serfdom”
Dunno bout Choo, but, I’m really sick of “progressives.”
Well, AOC, your base is asking for more free s**t - same as always - so yes, I think the mega-spending bills are right on target.
Your party's problem is factional - Democrat unity comes from ladling out big government cash to the various factions' leaders. If some of those leaders feel slighted, they could very well lead a walkout - especially if Democrat politicians act on a perceived tactical necessity to temporarily put the needs of average Americans ahead of the Revolution.
Ah, the Ceaușescu Protocol. So many deserving recipients. Supplement that with little Nurembergs everywhere, right down to city council and school board level.
“If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.”
—H.L. Mencken
National Socialist Democrat Party facing major conundrum: which voters groups would be best to buy with taxpayer funds, because buying any given particular group will offend some other group that they don’t buy ...
Unity went out the window Day 1.
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