#democratic-intra-party-challenge

#democratic-intra-party-challenge

Kasparian argued Ocasio-Cortez appears to have taken a page or two out of President Donald Trump's political playbook, based on the lawmaker's response to a shot on social media from Kasparian.

"A certain kind of person is opting into spending a lot of time on social media, and they may be people who are more disaffected to start with."

One out of five adults in this country experience some type of mental health symptoms every year. Fielder's situation reflects a common struggle that deserves understanding and respect.

I wouldn't ignore the fact that [Harris is] absolutely a potent force in the Black community. I think she has been ignored, and we're going to raise that at our convention.

There's a window of opportunity for a left-wing nominee that may not come again for a generation. Democratic-socialist and liberal victories in New York City and elsewhere - with potentially more this fall - have changed the political playing field.

Because of you, I decided my voice does matter, Rodriguez told the candidate and the crowd. You're not spewing hate. You're speaking truths in a compassionate way and that just resonates with me.

AIPAC pivoted in the final week of the campaign to focusing its fire on the more pro-Palestinian Abughazaleh than Biss, who was backed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Another AIPAC affiliate, Chicago Progressive Partnership, ran ads painting Abughazaleh as a closet Republican and boosting a lower tier leftist in the race, Bushra Amiwala.

In perhaps a vain attempt to prove themselves moderate, the Democratic lawmakers helped override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes. Voters responded with the kind of ballot-box fury that should serve as a lesson to other incumbents. It wasn't just a case that the incumbents lost. They were buried, with several of them getting trounced by margins of 40 points or more.

I just haven't waded into that territory. Obviously, if someone crosses some huge line, it's never something that I rule out. It would have to be kind of an egregious thing. I've said this both to my colleagues here and I say it across the board, you're never going to see me tell someone that they should never run.

Democratic Representatives Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Richard E. Neal (MA-01) even introduced a bill called the American Affordability Act, which promises to reduce housing, educational, and childcare costs with a variety of tax credits. Congressional campaign professionals have been urging candidates from coast to coast to adopt an "affordability agenda." And-for good reason-recent polling shows that the cost of living tops the list of voters' concerns.

All I said to people who say, you have this tension, we didn't have any attention. All I said is, if you want to be a legislator and pass bills, it's important to have the votes to do it. It doesn't help to go online and criticize the people that you want to have because they're not as progressive as you are. She's been a star, eloquent, forceful, and the rest. And she gets along very well with Hakeem Jeffries. They have a New York connection, but I'm so glad she's here.

Anti-trans politics dominated the 2024 election season when Donald Trump painted former Vice President Kamala Harris as too far to the left on the issue and spent hundreds of millions of dollars on ads to hammer the message: "Kamala Harris is for they/them, President Trump is for you." The Harris-Walz campaign largely tried to avoid the issue, perhaps hoping voters would believe that Harris' position on trans rights was not that important in determining who should be president.