Kamala Harris defends Pelosi - the mark of a team-player

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Kamala Harris defends Nancy Pelosi: 'I've known her to be very respectful of women of color'
By Dan Merica, CNN

Washington (CNN)California Sen. Kamala Harris defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a new interview, stating that she has had "a different experience" than New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who recently accused the House leader of "singling out of newly elected women of color."

"That's not my experience with Nancy Pelosi," Harris told the host of the "The Breakfast Club," a popular New York-based radio show, during an interview that aired Friday. "And I've known her and worked with her for years. I've known her to be very respectful of women of color and very supportive of them."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/12/politics/kamala-harris-defends-nancy-pelosi/index.html

[yaesu]

1. like Bernie defending HRC over the emails, it is truly the mark of a team-player, nt

[Chemisse]

3. Rather an odd comparison.

That was pretty much the last time we could be proud of Sanders in that primary race before he showed he was NOT actually a team player at all.

Are you suggesting that Harris is likely to take a turn for the ruthless?

[silentEcho]

13. Sanders did that purely by accident because he wanted to get back to his same track

he always talks about. He realized afterward just what he had done and tried to back track, but it was amusing to watch. Sanders can be cheered about a lot of things but being a team player does not make it on the list. He has an history of exactly the opposite.

I remember when he did that. It was fun to watch.

[LanternWaste]

23. Creative way to force a square peg into a round hole.

But I get it... it's all about Bernie.

[EffieBlack]

5. You said AOC shouldn't have made it about race ... and then you made it about race

Accusing Pelosi of failing to “support actual policies that help women of color” is just as much “about race” as accusing her of targeting women of color. It’s just a different way of wording it

[EffieBlack]

9. If your point was about Pelosi's supposed lack of support for progressive policy and legislation,

you could have just said that without invoking black women. There was no need to single out and inject black women specifically into the conversation ... Unless you think that race has some relevance to your point.

[DownriverDem]

10. Timing

is important. Many folks do not support progressive policy and legislation at this point and time. So Pelosi is not alone in that regard. The question is why? Pelosi knows elections are won in the middle. Sometimes I can't help wonder if progressives understand about losing. We need a Dem win and then you bring the country along. What good does it do if your ideas aren't widely supported or there aren't enough folks in DC to make it happen? Win first!

[olegramps]

8. You confuse me about is did she make it about race or not.

[DesertRat]

4. k&r

[Jeffersons Ghost]

16. thanks DesertRat, I wish that I had read all the "message auto-removed" replies...

Do you remember when some of us went Freeper hunting, in the old days?

[DesertRat]

18. I didn't see those replies either

By the looks of it, MIRT still does a good job of freeper hunting.

[olegramps]

7. What will be the long term effect that the very liberal women candidates will have of electability?

Will it affect the viability of even moderate women candidates? It appears that Harris has pulled back from her former position and is taking a more moderate and cautious approach to maintain party solidarity as the more extreme liberals have increased their attack especially on the perceived front runner, Biden. Just what effect could this have on winning the ultimate prize, the White House. Are they really representing even a marginal number of voters and jeopardizing the chances of less radical candidates? Personally, this appears to be a rather risky situation.

[Maggiemayhem]

14. More extreme liberals?

The right has gone so far right that normal policy is considered extreme? Third way Dems won’t save the planet.

[olegramps]

21. Your have right to your opinion. But making insurance companies illegal seems a bit much.

[msongs]

11. is the team player gonna defend joe biden too? nt

[Skya Rhen]

15. + 10,000,000

[wyldwolf]

17. nailed it.

[matt819]

12. Trouble at home

I love the Gang of Four - or Five or Six. . .

My wife, as much a liberal, progressive Dem as I am, maybe even more, hates them. For all the reasons discussed here and elsewhere.

Too young to know as much as they think they know, in it for Twitter followers, plays into Trump's hands, etc.

Married long enough to know that I don't argue.

But do any others in my position have "safe" responses that will probably not lead to outright household warfare?

[wyldwolf]

19. "Too young to know as much as they think they know"

Sounds like DU, especially during primary season, when we see an influx of young people who believe they need to teach us something.

Same thing at local and state parties, when kids fall in love with the progressive du jour, swoop into party headquarters, and ask if we have ever considered canvassing, phone banking, and do we want them to teach us how?

My wife is further left than I am, especially her stances on woo (vaccinations, fuoride, GMO, homeopathy, etc.)

So my safe advice for you? Just say 'yes dear.'

[Blue_true]

20. Take the advice of your fourth paragraph and leave things there. nt

[aikoaiko]

22. Are AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley

... not part of the team, too?

I don’t mind Harris saying what she did but to call it the mark of a team player is BS.