Enough already with the @jimmy_dore obsession & drama. It's not about Jimmy-It's about the idea!
Right now, @SpeakerPelosi has a 4-seat majority. Progressives CURRENTLY have 7 pro-#MedicareForAll House members & 5 more coming. WHY NOT make a demand for your vote (i..e politics)
Right now, @SpeakerPelosi has a 4-seat majority. Progressives CURRENTLY have 7 pro-#MedicareForAll House members & 5 more coming. WHY NOT make a demand for your vote (i..e politics)
The whole strategic rationalization of "it's a waste of time; it won't pass" is kind of counter to how actual MOVEMENTS WORK. MLK, Gloria Steinem, Harvey Milk, etc didn't say "let's not bother trying because we won't win on the 1st, 2nd or 5th try."...
Will a #MedicareForAll floor vote pass if progressives force it. No, it won't. BUT THAT IS OK. Part of politics is...wait for it...PERFORMATIVE. Get every House member ON THE RECORD as voting yay or nay for universal healthcare DURING A CATASTROPHIC DEADLY PANDEMIC...
and then, in 2022, progressives primary the corporate Dems who voted no and HAMMER THEM INTO OBLIVION in TV/digital ads on that vote while the popularity and support for M4A will simultaneously be continuing to increase. OF COURSE you don't win on the first try...but getting..
yes or no vote helps crystalize the issue & which side each Dem is on. More so, you probably won't have a better time/moment to force this issue than during a deadly pandemic where 316,000 people have died. Forcing this issue NOW also sets up a dynamic of progressives going on...
OFFENSE against @JoeBiden and his likely presidential successor @KamalaHarris EARLY and OFTEN in the leadup to 2022/2024. I respect @AOC @RoKhanna and others...but the rationalization that "it won't pass now so we shouldn't waste our time/political capital" is wrong.
And it isn't how any historic change or progressive/civil rights victories have happened. You don't win LONG-TERM if you don't PUBLICLY FIGHT years earlier. Progressives need to stop fighting on Twitter with each other and start fighting THE CORPORATE DEMS!
Trump as the boogeyman is no longer a thing...he'll be gone soon (despite his delusions and denials). Take the fight to corporate Dems...they just LOST HOUSE SEATS during a deadly pandemic. They are vulnerable. AGAIN...this is not about Jimmy Dore.
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