The Pennsylvania Democrat recalled his time serving as a Hillary Clinton surrogate in 2016, even after he supported Bernie Sanders in the primary.

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    1 year ago

    Is there a single Republican candidate that progressives would support over Biden?

    I look at it as Biden will pass any progressive legislation given to him; he isn’t the problem. Instead, I would look at the tons of legislator positions and ask them what they are doing to be progressive at the state and local levels. Lock those people in so on the next election, Democratic presidential candidates will need progressive support.

    And prep the House and Senate so progressive legislation can get passed. Biden has only vetoed 6 bills in office; I don’t see him being the logjam for progressive legislation.

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      1 year ago

      Biden doesn’t want to pass progressive legislation, if he had any inclination towards progressive he wouldn’t have stood against union railroad workers.

      He’s a right leaning centrist through and through, it’s just that in America that looks “progressive” when we’re used our right wing party being progressively more fascist over the last few decades

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        The bill he passed went through with a veto proof majority in the Senate and there is no indication he wouldn’t have passed the bill to enforce union demands if it got to his desk.

        Why not challenge the Democrats in Congress who voted to end the strike?

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      I look at it as Biden will pass any progressive legislation given to him

      Biden in the primary:

      I’m the only one that can get republicans to vote for the (progressive) Dem party platform!

      Biden defenders after Biden can’t even get Democratic Senators to support the platform:

      What kind of idiot though Biden could change anyone’s mind! Of course a US president can never accomplish anything… except when something good happens then we’re going to say Biden did it single handidly