A number of the freshman from competitive swing districts ran telling voters that they'd vote against Pelosi in the general. (For context, the Tim Ryans of the world are your Washington Generals of the democratic inter-caucus political battle.) You cannot run on the same platform in SF or Queens that you do in these marginal districts because they have a wildly different electorate.
Some of you really need to stop conflating voting record and rhetoric. Pelosi's voting record is close to Maxine Waters and other longtime members of the Progressive Caucus, and that's with the concessions leadership has to make in the majority and the minority. If she were just the Congresswoman from San Francisco, she'd probably be saying everything in the way you want her to say it.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has been around for 30+ years. The AOC group actually does have, like, five people. It was an enumeration, not a judgment. They are a small part of the CPC and the caucus in general.
Only people that think AOC is damaging are establishment democrats who don't want to rock the boat and right wing loonies.
*Correction* A RACIST orange vacuum. It could have been a parrot trained in ethnic slurs alone and it would have been just as popular.
https://voteview.com/person/15448/nancy-pelosi
But she's not wrong on that point
People who keep saying "she's right" have yet to explain to me what these messages she referred to are.
She's correct though. Safe blue districts leave us 20 or 30 seats short of having a majority in the house. Having control of the government requires getting people elected in some purple or red districts.
This middle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index#By_congressional_district
Left-wing populism and right-wing populism are not so different. The main difference is that the former is less religious, and far less racist.
You're not hearing what I'm saying. It was a rhetorical question, read my post.
Yep. It's sad that the nation has gotten so polarized (especially since this just encourages terrible governance at the local level) but it's just a fact. Most NY districts are not competitive, due to gerrymandering and due to the inherent constituencies in these areas.
Including her own? She mentioned her own district before even bringing up AOC.
I think If Democrats actually acted like they genuinely cared more instead of being flaccid easy targets for loud obnoxious GOP members (that CAN grab the peoples attention) to take potshots at while holding the line, we would be in much better shape right now.
Your rhetorical question and post are straight up ignoring the political realities of capturing a majority. We don't have enough safe seats to do it, and we know which ones are the marginal swing seats. Your post presumes that all local political races are nationalized when that's not the case.
She means its something that can resonate with and appeal to the needs of all Americans.
Yeah you are not going to convince some on the Left no matter how hard you try. They're a lost cause. I think even Pelosi knows that.
