Opinion – Morning Joe baffled that AOC, Mamdani and Bernie Sanders are Democrats’ only hope
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Themoderate-liberalfactionoftheDemocraticPartyjustkeepsgettingbadnews.Democraticleadership,inthepersonsofRep.HakeemJeffries(D-N.Y.)andSen.ChuckSchumer(D-N.Y.),istemperamentallymoderate,culturallyprogressive,andlukewarmatbestoneconomicpopulism—whichmeanstheyaren’texactlylovedbytheleft.Anditturnsout,thatuniquecombinationofbeliefsisfairlyunpopularwiththeDemocraticParty’sbase.
Don’ttakemywordforit:EvenasmainstreamaliberalasMSNBChostJoeScarboroughhasnoticedthatsocialist-friendlyleftprogressivesareroutingthemoremoderatevoicesintheparty—peoplelikeSenatorBernieSanders,Rep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez,andofcourse,ZohranMamdani,thedemocraticsocialistsensationwhoeasilydefeatedformerGov.AndrewCuomotobecometheDemocraticParty’snomineeforNewYorkCitymayor.ScarboroughstatedtheproblemformoderatesquiteplainlyonMorningJoe:“Whycan’tmoderateDemocrats…makethatsamecompellingmessage?”
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