Posted on 08/14/2020 12:58:53 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau mocked some media outlets for referring to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as a "moderate," with the Pod Save America host calling the notion "hilarious.
"It was hilarious to me that she's being called, in all this coverage, a 'moderate,' like Joe Biden has found a fellow moderate or centrist. She supports something extremely close to 'Medicare for All,' which Bernie Sanders acknowledged in his statement supporting her. She's for the Green New Deal. She has one of the most liberal records in the U.S. Senate," Favreau said.
Harris, who was officially announced as Bidens running mate on Tuesday, embraced a number of liberal policies during her own failed presidential bid, though she did not run as far to the left as fellow primary contenders Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sanders (I-Vt.).
"If you want to call Kamala Harris's record in the Senate and her policies that she's supporting now centrist or moderate, great," he continued. "If that's where the Overton window has moved, then congratulations to all the progressive activists, because you have f---ing moved the sh-t out of that window that supporting the Green New Deal and basically Medicare for All is now moderate and centrist. Fantastic, I'll take it."
Several media outlets and opinion writers have referred to Harris as a centrist since her announcement, including The New York Times, which called the California senator a "pragmatic moderate."
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“some media outlets” treat the truth like Dracula treats a crucifix.
Meh, you wrote the Fraud’s lies for him, Jon.
Are you trying to pretend to be a moderate as compared to her, or to whom YOU serviced?
"If you want to call Kamala Harris's record in the Senate and her policies that she's supporting now centrist or moderate, great," he continued. "If that's where the Overton window has moved, then congratulations to all the progressive activists, because you have f---ing moved the sh-t out of that window that supporting the Green New Deal and basically Medicare for All is now moderate and centrist. Fantastic, I'll take it."
Thanks, as usual, the headline belied the intent.
“Hillarious” = Fantastic
Favreau is great at superhero fiction I will give him that.
“Pragmatic moderate” means she wants to steal from white folks _before_ she sends them to the concentration camps.
Faverue ended up making the exact opposite point he was gloating over. Or did he?
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