Jamaal Bowman ran against veteran Rep. Eliot Engel in the Democratic primary for New York's 16th Congressional District.Jamaal Bowman ran against veteran Rep. Eliot Engel in the Democratic primary for New York's 16th Congressional District.The progressive wing of the Democratic Party couldn't break through in the presidential race, but in congressional races, younger, more diverse, progressive candidates are enjoying a recent surge in support.
"Have I benefited from the newfound realization by some folks that we live in a severely unjust society as it concerns issues of race? Yes. Is that why I won? No," Mondaire Jones told NPR. Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden opposes a government-run health care system, and he secured the nomination in part by locking down the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party. But in these contested congressional primaries, progressive candidates made races competitive running on some of the party's most provocative ideas: Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, paths to citizenship for all undocumented workers and dramatic redistributions of wealth.
"Poverty is by political design and is rooted in a system that has been fractured and corrupt and rotten from it's core from the inception of America," Bowman said in a primary night speech to supporters.
Hopefully they will support Sen. Gillibrand's proposal to save small family farmers:
You kidding me? Trump/GOP booby trap Ed this economy, installed all their under-qualified judges, robbed the treasury. Why would you want to be in a leadership position after raping and pillaging everything? If Biden wins he will get 100% of the blame for the Trump/GOP fallout.
Radical left is the enemy of the USA!!!
Republicans have screwed this country up and they don't realize it
My sentiments, as well. NPR states “is inheriting”? He’s not inheriting anything, unless elected. And, he won’t be. Hey, NPR defenders, come on out and defend your far left anarchistic media vultures again. This mindless nitwit doesn’t even know what day it is or where he is.
Ah yes there’s like 15 justice Dems, so powerful
oooo wowww what a surge!! A whole two representatives from the NYC metro area wowoweeeeee
Lol establishment Dems have been cat fighting with the Squad since mid terms.
BIDEN HAS ABOUT 50 YRS OF PUBLIC SERVICE ALL RACIST & SEXIST. VOTED WITH KLU KLUX KLAN TO MAKE SURE BLACKS DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL WITH THEIR CHILDREN. WROTE CRIME BILL, RESULTED IN MASS INCARCERATION OF BLACKS, BIDEN THOUGHT OF BLACKS AS INFERIOR RACE.
Good
Lost in 'blame Dems' tropes that will surely make rounds as election nears is acknowledgement that legislative power rests in president & 2 branches of Congress. When Dems controlled levers a decade+ ago, they muscled thru landmark ACA. Nothing done since, b/c GOP holds Senate.
This woke me up
Obama did all he could to make sure that happened.
“....says one progressive activist” Read the story, not one comment from anybody else with a different opinion, it’s just one dude’s talking points unchallenged. Normally PR firms charge money for this service but you guys do it for free.
The 46th's term will be interesting. There's more conservative women on the ballot as well, so it will make the future much more exciting in terms of legislation.
'Is inheriting?' Nope, not in 2020 Trump is going to win.
He is still a racist
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Actually, I really like the progressive left in Congress and the House. Let the President be moderate. It's up to the progressives to persuade, educate, impress while supporting the facts, produce the stats to the Executive and Judicial branches.
davisusan Framing the progressive Engel as being behind slavery and supporting child murd_r is Naz_sm.
I am a LIFE-LONG Democrat.....BUT I would PREFER KANYE over orange dude as a president any day! KANYE would be LIGHT-YEARS better as a president! CRAY CRAY seems to be the THEME now anyway in the U.S.!
They rarely get past the primaries. Check 2018.
Woodrow Wilson and Margaret Sanger were Progressive Democrats too.
Dont worry the man who is all for segregation is your choice.... just remember he will touch little girls chest inappropriately again
Good. For too long Congress has been disproportionately old white guys. New ideas and backgrounds are needed for the bevy of problems America is currently facing.
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Here we go again in Portland with Antifa. The Portland mayor needs to put an end to this!
Let’s get real. Far left incumbents only hurt the movement to get trump out.
Radical left is the enemy of the USA!!!
ronwilliams97 Hopefully this fact will influence JoeBiden to actually support 99% of Americans. I’m prob dreaming, but I do hold out that hope.
I thought that was Eric Dickerson for a second
This is important and here in Australia we do not hear of such things. More, please.
Because they are under the radar which prevents the centrist media from trying to destroy them before votes are in.
We’re coming for you Corporate Democrats :)
Trump in a landslide
This is what the end of liberalism looks like.
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More diverse. Just say non-white.
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