'We are hungry to win': Democratic leaders can't wait for November

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‘We are hungry to win’: Democratic leaders can’t wait for November
By
Dan Desai Martin -
August 31, 2018


Democrats have a great chance of taking the House back this November — and they can hardly wait.

Between Trump’s never-ending scandals and Republican efforts to destroy health care and kowtow to the wealthy, Democrats around the country are fired up at the chance to take control of Congress in November.

“We are hungry to win in November,” said Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), in an interview with Shareblue Media. “We are hungry to take back the majority.”

Opposition to Trump, and the culture of corruption surrounding him and his Republican Party, is one motivating factor for both grassroots activists and members of Congress. Voters want a check on Trump, something his own party has refused to do.

“The rot in this administration is just appalling,” said Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), speaking to Shareblue Media the day after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to multiple charges, and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty in federal court on eight separate charges. Himes leads the moderate New Democrat Coalition in Congress.

Himes and Pocan both emphasized the priority for Democrats to fix the damage Republicans have done to the health care system, which Pocan described as “death by a thousand cuts to the Affordable Care Act.”

Republicans initially tried to kick 23 million people off of the health care rolls last year, but that attempt was stymied by the Senate. Then Republicans inserted provisions into their tax scam, which resulted in drastically higher health care premiums and will cause millions of people to lose health insurance.

Republicans have vowed to try to repeal the ACA again if they keep the majority — an issue that Democrats are confident will help them.

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We who are not billionaires, multi-millionaires or multi-national corporations are under-represented in this aberrent government.

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