2020 Democratic Hopefuls Aren’t Backing Bernie Sanders’ Single Payer Bill
Potential Democratic presidential challengers have yet to back Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ single payer health care bill, a move that has many progressives worried about their stance in the party.
“It’s a value proposition: Either you value the lives of the American people or you don’t,” progressive organization Our Revolution president Nina Turner said about support for the measure that will be introduced when Congress comes back in session in September.
Although Turner asserted that an individual candidate’s stance on the measure isn’t a “litmus test” in order to run for office, her organization made it clear that it expects any Democratic candidate to support the measure.
California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris is the only high-profile lawmaker to openly approve the plan. However, other Democrats and progressives alike have been slow to support the measure.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe haven’t spoken publicly about the proposed measure, and other high-profile Democrats like Sens. Chris Murphy, Sherrod Brown, and Kirsten Gillibrand have yet to announce their support as well.
Some, like Sen. Cory Booker seemed to believe that pursuing such a far-left idea in a Republican-controlled Congress was unlikely to actually pass. “I don’t know how we get it done in this environment,” a spokeswoman for Booker told The Hill.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren slammed moderates in August, calling the progressive wing the “heart and soul” of the Democratic Party.
“The Democratic Party isn’t going back to the days of welfare reform and the crime bill,” she said in a speech. “It is not going to happen. We are not the gate-crashers of today’s Democratic Party. We are not a wing of today’s Democratic Party. We are the heart and soul of today’s Democratic Party.” http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/04/2020-democratic-hopefuls-arent-backing-bernie-sanders-single-payer-bill/
“It’s a value proposition: Either you value the lives of the American people or you don’t,” progressive organization Our Revolution president Nina Turner said about support for the measure that will be introduced when Congress comes back in session in September.
Although Turner asserted that an individual candidate’s stance on the measure isn’t a “litmus test” in order to run for office, her organization made it clear that it expects any Democratic candidate to support the measure.
California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris is the only high-profile lawmaker to openly approve the plan. However, other Democrats and progressives alike have been slow to support the measure.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe haven’t spoken publicly about the proposed measure, and other high-profile Democrats like Sens. Chris Murphy, Sherrod Brown, and Kirsten Gillibrand have yet to announce their support as well.
Some, like Sen. Cory Booker seemed to believe that pursuing such a far-left idea in a Republican-controlled Congress was unlikely to actually pass. “I don’t know how we get it done in this environment,” a spokeswoman for Booker told The Hill.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren slammed moderates in August, calling the progressive wing the “heart and soul” of the Democratic Party.
“The Democratic Party isn’t going back to the days of welfare reform and the crime bill,” she said in a speech. “It is not going to happen. We are not the gate-crashers of today’s Democratic Party. We are not a wing of today’s Democratic Party. We are the heart and soul of today’s Democratic Party.” http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/04/2020-democratic-hopefuls-arent-backing-bernie-sanders-single-payer-bill/
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At the end of the day, we're not demanding Sanders. What we fundamentally want is someone - anyone - who will fight for us instead of for corporate interests.
Elizabeth Warren was a right person. She lacks experience, but she does have a clear voice and passion for doing stuff for us. I'm sure there are others.
We'll see who else comes along. It doesn't have to be someone as far left as Sanders it could even be someone more moderate. But if whoever it is can convince us of 2 things, they can cakewalk to the white house. First, you care about us and not your corporate donors. Second, you have the background and focus to actually get a few things done.
If Democrats are actually foolish enough to put up a standard corporate candidate, there's a good chance we get Trump again in 2020. We know that leads to the slow death we've been experiencing for decades. We aren't playing that any more.
Oh - and if Democrats start in with this whole thing of we've got a candidate that's not perfect and doesn't offer everything you want, but this is what we're giving you and you should just get over it, we're going to send them to the curb. Democrats absolutely have to get it that we're fed up and we want some things done. Fear of the "enemy" isn't going to work either and from our point of view, if you put up an ineffective candidate that loses the blame is on the party. Not on the voter.