Immigration reform continues to be omitted from the conversation on what Dems in Congress need to do next session. Not good.
If Congress ignores immigration reform, in 2028 Dems will lose the massive gains they made with Latinos this cycle.
Hi Matt. I’m more than a little confused by this critique. Even folks who just had a passing knowledge of @AbdulElSayed’s campaign know that his slogan was about 3 things: Money out of politics, money in your pocket & Medicare for all.
Whether you (or other Democrat Senators or anyone, really) disagree with that is irrelevant to the facts that those were the things he explicitly campaigned on.
Do you truly believe that given the above facts, he should simply pretend that is not what he campaigned on? Or, alternatively, that he should acknowledge that despite campaigning on those ideals, he’s abandoning them days after the election because he won by 7 and other Democratic candidates won by 9?
Lastly, I understand you always seem to be focused on maximizing electability and far less focused on maximizing enacting actual reforms, but given your (and others) focus on electability concerns, isn’t right now—literally the furthest out from the next election we possibly could be—the best possible time to raise these issues?
Don't buy any spin.
11 Democrats under @hakeemjeffries DID NOT SHOW UP to vote yesterday.
We ONLY NEEDED 7 VOTES to move the impeachment of @SecWar Hegseth forward.
This is a total and complete failure of leadership from the guy who wants to be Speaker of the House.
Ok, so now she’s admitting she was at an event. It’s very telling that she won’t say which one. Kyle Clark needs to push harder. Unacceptable @RepPettersen . You serve your donors instead of serving us. #copolitics
Its overwhelming how many Democrat voters dont want Hakeem as speaker and their representatives basically said "we dont give a damn what yall want"....is this what a vote cost?
@PatRyanUC@PeteHegseth What are we going to do about your leader and the disgraceful dems that couldn't be bothered to vote? Please give some thought to finding a speaker that is ready to meet the moment and take this job as seriously as you do. Thank you.
@rachizzle899@PatRyanUC He didn't even try, it's a disgrace. The whip was out of pocket and he had no plan. This was an opportunity for him to show that he can lead his caucus and that he cares about the voters. He whiffed and now you all want to make excuses for him.
.@hakeemjeffries cannot even get all of his Democrats to vote for @SecWar impeachment - 11 didn't show up at all -
So Hakeem has the votes for his Speakership but not for impeaching Hegseth?
That's leadership???
A leader who can’t get their caucus to show up for work is not a leader capable of being an effective Speaker of the House.
@AyannaPressley would be a phenomenal choice. She campaigned in the South (incl. in Florida for Angie) and represents where the Democratic Party should be.
@LOLatMYproblems He's the minority leader, he and his whip are responsible for the caucus, 11 dems missed the vote, that's on him. If he can't keep his caucus in line, he has no business being speaker. This was a huge L, where is his sense of urgency?
@RepLouCorrea You didn't do your job. Voters aren't stupid, man, we know exactly what happened. You and 10 other dems let your voters and caucus down... was is sheer laziness or was this to service your donors? Either way, you're a disgrace.
@LOLatMYproblems So, your belief that I have not been to protests against Trump makes it OK that the leader you support totally blew it today? Even he says he didn't try to marshal votes. Never mind protests, we could have actually made a difference today with the right leader. Sad.