.@jimmy_dore is right to push for @aoc & House progressives to demand #MedicareForAll vote—DURING A CATASTROPHIC DEADLY PANDEMIC—in exchange for voting for @SpeakerPelosi (even if they lose)
Change doesn't come without fighting, issuing demands, & placing oppressors on DEFENSE
Change doesn't come without fighting, issuing demands, & placing oppressors on DEFENSE
Progressives online defending @aoc (who I like and respect) for not doing this by--attacking @jimmy_dore--are missing the forest for the trees. This isn't about whether you like Jimmy or not. It's about progressives who campaigned as FIGHTERS...actually doing so in office.
Of course it is a lot easier for YouTube hosts to second guess elected officials who have an IMMENSE amount of pressure and considerations to make. No one is saying @aoc and other progressives aren't fighters. BUT if you're not going to make demands for #MedicareForAll during...
a deadly pandemic with 300K dead and tens of thousands more likely to come, when are you?!?!? Whether making the #MedicareForAll demand in exchange for voting for @SpeakerPelosi wins or loses, it thrusts M4A into the spotlight and shifts the Overton Window further. It also..
puts the corporate Dems who are denying it...including @JoeBiden...on the defensive to EXPLAIN why we can't have this during one of the worst public health crises' EVER (and why majority of other major countries have it). This is a no-brainer!
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