On 1/2/21 7:08 AM, John Reimann wrote:
Along the way, Hawkins writes things that might sound good but are
simply untrue. He claims that "Biden ran as much against the
progressives as Trump." I'm not sure what Hawkins is saying here.
He is saying that Bernie Sanders was seen as someone who had to be
stopped dead in his tracks. Isn't that obvious? Biden got a leg up when
Warren and Buttigieg dropped out. Both her tepid progressivism and his
full-bore neoliberalism were sacrificed in order to give DP voters a
narrower choice. Then, the Congressional Black Caucus opened up a
massive attack, with South Carolina's Jim Clyburn leading the charge.
‘Don’t Say Socialism Ever Again’: Democrats In Congress Push Back
Against Lefty Messaging After Disappointing Election
Nicholas Reimann <https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/>
Nicholas Reimann <https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/>Forbes Staff
Business <https://www.forbes.com/business>
I'm a news reporter for Forbes, primarily covering the U.S. South.
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TOPLINE
Moderate Democrats expressed frustration and, at times, fury on a House
caucus call Thursday that several reporters listened in on, arguing the
party should immediately break with progressive messaging—like “defund
the police”—after disappointing House and Senate results.
A participant holding a Abolish Police sign at the protest.
A participant holding a Abolish Police sign at a protest on Aug. 28,
2020 in Brooklyn, New York.... [+]
LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES
KEY FACTS
House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) reportedly said on the
call that if “we are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the
police, socialized medicine, we're not going to win.”
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) expressed outrage with the left,
reportedly telling fellow Democrats, “don’t saysocialism
<https://twitter.com/ericawerner/status/1324439295847968768?s=20>ever
again” while warning that if the party continues moving left that in
2022 “we will get f***ing torn apart.”
Spanberger appeared to narrowly fend off a Republican challenger for her
Virginia Congressional district, as Democrats struggled in competitive
districts around the country amid GOP attack ads saying they supported
defunding the police and were against “law and order.”
Many predictions had Democratsgrowing it’s majority
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/us/politics/democrats-house-elections.html>in
the House, but has suffered a loss ofat least five
<https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/house/>seats so far.
According to/Politico/
<https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/05/house-democrats-warn-caucus-left-434428>,
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pushed back against Spanberger’s
characterization of this election as a “failure,” saying “we did not win
every battle, but we did win the war.”
KEY BACKGROUND
Democrats appear poised to win the presidency by a slim margin and it
seems like a long shot they will take control of the Senate—a
disappointing reality for many in the party, who were expecting a hefty
win over President Donald Trump and flipping many more Senate seats held
by Republicans. Led by Trump, the GOP throughout the campaign railed
against Democrats, making false claims that they supported rioters in
the streets but also attacking Democrats for positions that are becoming
more popular in the party—namely, defunding the police and an embrace of
the term “socialism.” Those attacks seemed to especially connect in
places like the swing state ofFlorida
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/11/03/its-not-ok-democrats-start-pointing-fingers-after-losing-major-ground-in-miami-dade/?sh=11bafec5e25c>,
where Trump won by three points and Republicans flipped U.S. House seats
in the southern part of the state.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Control of the Senate seems that it could come down to two races—both in
the state of Georgia, thanks to a special election for one of the
state’s Senate seats, with both potentially going to runoffs on Jan. 5.
If leaders in uncalled Senate races hold on to win, that would mean
Democrats would have to win both of those Georgia seats to potentially
take control of the Senate. But that would only be possible if Joe Biden
and running mate Kamala Harris are also elected, which they appeared
well-positioned to do as of Thursday afternoon. In that scenario, the
Senate would be a 50-50 tie between the Democratic caucus and
Republicans, with Harris able to serve as a tiebreaker in her role as
vice president.
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