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13 Moderate Democrats Reject Socialism On New ‘Promise To America’ Pledge
Yahoo News ^ | June 26, 2026 | Tiffany Chartier

Posted on 06/29/2026 7:19:06 AM PDT by Twotone

Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates have signed onto a new centrist initiative called "Promise to America," explicitly declaring "We are capitalist, not socialist" and calling for secure borders, fiscal responsibility, and national pride.

The announcement comes days after Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates won several primaries in New York, bringing to light the ongoing tensions inside the Democratic Party as it prepares for the 2026 midterms under President Donald Trump. What the Pledge Says

The full text of the pledge outlines six core principles.

Under "Growth, Competition, and Broad Prosperity," it states: "We are capitalist, not socialist." It calls for an economy that rewards hard work, lowers costs, and expands opportunity rather than favoring those at the top.

The "Safety, Security, and Human Dignity" section reads: "We want safety, not lawlessness." It supports "secure borders," "orderly immigration," and "safe communities."

Other sections commit signers to fiscal discipline ("We are responsible, not reckless"), to competent government, to free speech and moderation ("We are mainstream, not extreme"), and to "Confident Patriotism" ("We are proud, not ashamed of America").

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; socialism
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13 Democrats who will probably not be Democrats much longer.
1 posted on 06/29/2026 7:19:06 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Either that or they’re lying.


2 posted on 06/29/2026 7:20:42 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: Twotone

13 moderate Democrats? I would not have thought there were that many.


3 posted on 06/29/2026 7:23:54 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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To: Twotone
13 Democrats who will probably not be Democrats much longer.

One of them is my congressman. I don't believe him. I don't believe any of them.

4 posted on 06/29/2026 7:24:14 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Twotone
13 Moderate Democrats pretend to Reject Socialism On New ‘Promise To America’ Pledge, in order to cling to their political positions for another election cycle.
5 posted on 06/29/2026 7:24:56 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: Twotone

There are no moderate democrats.
They all vote in lockstep to whatever Schumer, Jeffries, or Pelosi tell them to do.


6 posted on 06/29/2026 7:25:38 AM PDT by oldbill
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To: stevio

The Virginia play. They know if a plurality of people realize how radical the Dems have become they are cooked. So turn on the fog machine.


7 posted on 06/29/2026 7:26:01 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Twotone

>>13 Democrats who will probably not be Democrats much longer.

Socialistic Taqiyya, nothing more.


8 posted on 06/29/2026 7:26:15 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: Twotone

If they’re smart, they’ll leave the rat party plantation while they still can.


9 posted on 06/29/2026 7:26:56 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: stevio

It’s an election year. They’ll fake it to November.


10 posted on 06/29/2026 7:27:12 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: Twotone

Republicans should use the likes of AOC, Mamdani and the two commies recently elected in NY City as the Faces of the Democrat Party. “Maintream” Democrats know this and are trying to distance themselves.

If Republicans had any sense they’d do exactly that - they won’t. We have Republicans still fighting the SAVE Act:

“Four Republican senators voted against advancing the SAVE America Act in the U.S. Senate, joining all present Democrats to block the legislation on two separate occasions in 2026. The senators who opposed attaching the bill to budget reconciliation packages were Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).”

Re: Susan Collins: “Senator Susan Collins reversed her position on the SAVE America Act in June 2026, switching from opposition to support.”

Apparently, polls show she is tied with the Nazi right now.


11 posted on 06/29/2026 7:28:18 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Puppage

Paywall-come on. Name the 13.


12 posted on 06/29/2026 7:29:44 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Twotone

A whole 13?

The rest agree communism is their future.


13 posted on 06/29/2026 7:31:29 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (8% of humans are White Males. 90% of Nobel Prizes (excluding “Peace”) have been won by White Males.)
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Only five of them have been around long enough to have an American Conservative rating. And those five, including my congressman Tom Suozzi, have an average ACU rating around 5%.

They're all commies.

14 posted on 06/29/2026 7:46:00 AM PDT by FreeReign
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“Paywall-come on. Name the 13.”

Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) — Co-leading the initiative

Rep. Adam Gray (D-CA) — Co-leading the initiative

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV)

Rep. Don Davis (D-NC)

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D-TX)

Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY)

Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR)

Rep. Kristin McDonald Rivet (D-MI)

Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)

Jessica Killin (candidate)

Marlene Galán Woods (candidate)

Bobby Pulido (candidate)

Almost all of these Rat incumbents are safe in November even though they are pretty much the most *marginal* ones around (Where is Marie Gluesenkamp Perez?)

Which should tell you something about GOP chances of picking up ANY House seats outside of the ones which were made possible by redistricting (plus maybe one in Maine).

The big trick for Republicans will be holding on to marginal seats they already possess.

If Democrats were truly scared about their chances and the effect which the emerging Nazi-wing of the party is having, way more of them would be faking to the center than just these 10 incumbents and 3 wanna-bees. But for the most part, they don’t need to fake it — they’re safe right where they are.


15 posted on 06/29/2026 7:58:08 AM PDT by PermaRag (Facts, context, and more facts)
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To: Twotone

Vote YES on the SAVE America Act to prove it.

Check their poll numbers to see if they are trailing MAGA candidates.


16 posted on 06/29/2026 8:02:11 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12)
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To: stevio

Yet each and every one of these “moderate Democrats” will vote to provide subsidies from hard working , decent American taxpayers to subsidize the Democrat socialist urban strongholds.


17 posted on 06/29/2026 8:12:45 AM PDT by allendale
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To: oldbill
...They all vote in lockstep...

Senators Manchin and Sinema refused to goose-step with the rest. Because of that the Filabuster survived and instead of the permanent coup the RAT's had planned , America itself survived. The Biden coup scared me enough to create an End Of America post.

Of course the RAT's ran them out of office afterwards.

18 posted on 06/29/2026 8:16:43 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: PermaRag

the 2Nassau County seats are getable.


19 posted on 06/29/2026 8:19:29 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: stevio

Yeah, like all RINOs.


20 posted on 06/29/2026 8:22:15 AM PDT by bobbo666
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