Sam and Emma talk to David Dayen about the fact that the left / progressive members of democrats in congress and how Chuck Schumer is trying to quiet that side of the party. Dayen is a political analyst. He claims that the leadership of the Democratic Party is refusing to use this moment to use ICE actions as reason to use the only leverage they have, the budget battle. Schumer caved the first time, he caved the second time, and has no stomach for even starting this time. He wants to just fill out his time as majority leader knowing he likely won’t be elected again and get as many high end donors as possible to set himself up as wealthy in private life. We need different leadership. But right now we need the public to push the party if possible. We need the democrats in office publicly going on TV and pounding the table over this. Hugs.
White House Panicked Over ICE Optics? Democrats Preemptively Cave | David Dayen | TMR
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