AOC on the floor of the House

[LiberalLovinLug]

54. It's puzzling

Higher min wage
Universal healthcare / MFA
Maternity leave
Justice reform
Campaign finance reform
Fairness doctrine type legislation for news media



These and many other Progressive/Liberal policies that I’ll bet a vast majority of Democrats support.
But somehow there is a disconnect that occurs in actually supporting progressive candidates who want to push hard for these policies instead of those that downplay them as some possible future ideas but not now, or worse regard them as pipe dreams

A paralysis type of fear of losing seats if they not dare support incumbent candidates who routinely vote with Republicans. Somehow missing that if they stopped bad mouthing these progressive upstarts and instead helped promote them, one by one they’d get elected.

If a candidate dares to suggest the party could work harder to fight for these things, they are blasted for it as “attacking” the party. Things they actually want too! I don’t get it