The democratic party needs major changes but if it changes in the direction of what progressives want, it will probably just do even worse. The party needs to strongly and loudly break with the progressives, not break bread with them.
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>News: Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders are calling on the DNC chair contenders to commit to major reforms aimed at improving the Democratic Party’s brand among working-class voters.
>In a memo shared first with Punchbowl News, Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Greg Casar (Texas), Maxwell Frost (Fla.) and Chris Deluzio (Pa.) **demand that the DNC prohibit corporate PAC donations and “push to ban SuperPAC spending in Democratic primaries.”**
>The progressives are also calling on the DNC to **“make rebuilding our multiracial poor and working-class base the top priority” and employ more consultants with “a demonstrated understanding of populist policies.”**
>Jayapal is about to finish her stint as CPC chair and Casar was recently elected as her successor. The memo is a good sense of where progressives think the party went wrong in the 2024 election.
Common sense stuff really, focus more on Rosa Maria the cleaning lady and Eduardo the roofer than college AOC stans, and stop big money donors from shitting things up
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The democratic party needs major changes but if it changes in the direction of what progressives want, it will probably just do even worse. The party needs to strongly and loudly break with the progressives, not break bread with them.
>News: Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders are calling on the DNC chair contenders to commit to major reforms aimed at improving the Democratic Party’s brand among working-class voters.
>In a memo shared first with Punchbowl News, Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Greg Casar (Texas), Maxwell Frost (Fla.) and Chris Deluzio (Pa.) **demand that the DNC prohibit corporate PAC donations and “push to ban SuperPAC spending in Democratic primaries.”**
>The progressives are also calling on the DNC to **“make rebuilding our multiracial poor and working-class base the top priority” and employ more consultants with “a demonstrated understanding of populist policies.”**
>Jayapal is about to finish her stint as CPC chair and Casar was recently elected as her successor. The memo is a good sense of where progressives think the party went wrong in the 2024 election.
Common sense stuff really, focus more on Rosa Maria the cleaning lady and Eduardo the roofer than college AOC stans, and stop big money donors from shitting things up