The only other person up for speaker was more right wing than Pelosi. She did the right thing, no one on the left was willing to cross Nancy specifically Barbara Lee who was the only qualified person who might have interest. Calling her mama bear I'm hoping is strategy.Fell in line when it was time to put their money on the line
When i read she called her mama bear, i was completely disgusted.
This man gets it. Progressive politics had no possible gains from resisting Nancy's speaker vote for the fukk of it while heavily outnumbered. All it would do is just open her up to slander. That game is already beyond rigged in their favor, we're trying to break that game entirely. Rebelling for the sole sake of rebelling is for clowns.
I think you underestimate how popular economic reform is across the board. A lot of folk who rebel against liberal social policies are still huge fans of public health care, taxing millionaires, free public college, Green New Deal, etc. And as Millennials and Generation Z replace Baby Boomers it's gonna keep shifting the demographic further. Pretty much every state that is threatening to vote for Biden will be a threat to vote for AOC within 10 years.
Love Jamal Bowman, Cori Bush and Mondaire Jones as well. Slow progress is better than none at all.This man gets it. Progressive politics had no possible gains from resisting Nancy's speaker vote for the fukk of it while heavily outnumbered. All it would do is just open her up to slander. That game is already beyond rigged in their favor, we're trying to break that game entirely. Rebelling for the sole sake of rebelling is for clowns.
She stayed a consistent advocate on the right side of issues and thats the impact thats lasting for her. Not the dopey goalpost moving TLR style purity test.
By being both an effective politican and progressive, the door has been kicked in for all the progressives who won their primary elections. She's on the verge of getting a boost in allies in Congress like Bowman. Lets keep this train moving
Im just saying when she first came in people was saying the progressives would never make it, they were just a loud minority, she isnt popular in ny, coli clowns donated their tax returns to her opponent etc.Love Jamal Bowman, Cori Bush and Mondaire Jones as well. Slow progress is better than none at all.
You don't think if she stayed extremely contrary to Congressional leadership they wouldn't stop her from being appointed to the committee she wants, actively seek dort on her, find someone to run against her? Her enemies in her own party are playing for keeps. What would be the point of getting elected just to be stopped by your own party and then ousted by a well funded challenger? None, it would be pointless.
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