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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcAuliffe urges Dems to use muscle on voting, infrastructure
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, on Tuesday called on leaders in Washington from both parties including President Joe Biden to get their act together, while pushing Senate Democrats to scrap the filibuster if needed to enact the partys priorities on infrastructure spending and voting rights.
The harsh words from McAuliffe during an interview with The Associated Press come just three weeks before Election Day in Virginia. The former governor is facing Republican newcomer Glenn Youngkin in a race that represents a critical early test of the Democrats political strength in the first year of Bidens presidency.
Polls suggest the race is close, adding to McAuliffes sense of urgency to campaign on a robust list of his partys accomplishments. The McAuliffe campaign confirmed Tuesday that Biden and former President Barack Obama would rally voters in the state later in the month at separate events.
Despite the outside support, McAuliffe has been deeply frustrated by his partys inability to fulfill key campaign promises since taking control of the White House and both chambers of Congress in January. In Tuesdays interview, the 64-year-old lamented the Democrats inability to protect voting rights against a wave of Republican-backed legislation, but he saved his sharpest comments for the stalled federal infrastructure package.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-barack-obama-congress-terry-mcauliffe-only-on-ap-89137912636ec3dcea9fda2857085370
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)1) Nothing in the reconciliation proposal gets enacted because the Corporate Dems are against raising taxes on the Rich & Corporate.
2) Good luck getting a lot of the Progressives to show up and vote in the '22 midterms.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)But as John Nance Garner said to FDR about the Court packing bill: "Captain, You don't have the votes."
FDR knew what he meant.
I hope at some point very soon that concept sinks in.