I feel like we try to shoehorn our political heroes into running for president. Why not senator? Why not speaker of the house, even? Speaker of the house is arguable more powerful than President in the democratic party - she has the power to shape the priorities and strategies of the entire party. Nancy Pelosi is probably more influential over the state of the Democratic party than Joe Biden or Barrack Obama were
I’m glad he beat Cuomo, but I don’t think he’ll be a good mayor
I predict that some of his policies will blow up in his face when they don’t work and then there will be a conservative backlash against democrats in the next election. Happened in SF
Median American Voter:
Who supports labor unions? 🙋♂️
Who wants to join one? 🙍♂️
I’d describe myself as a liberal more than a progressive, but it’s obvious that she’s become the most recognizable Democrat at the federal level. Other democrats simply have not been pushing back on the Republicans in the way that she has, and it’s fucking baffling. My theory is that most politicians are really skilled at fundraising rather than building groundswell political movements and so they’re just completely out of their element in this environment. I don’t agree with all of the progressive platform, but we need more politicians with character like hers and fewer geriatrics who refuse to release their grip on power
I really fucking hate seeing this woman’s face. It’s like if you took every over-surgeried instagram MLM/“wellness” influencer and put them all into one face.
Also, why invest in moving your entire manufacturing side to the US when you can be reasonably sure that the tariff fad will be over in 4 years at minimum, 10 years max?
Dr: “Ok, you passed: you have normal, average, cognitive function”
Trump: “Just ACED my cognitive TEST. The DOCTOR SAYS I had the MOST BEAUTIFUL, most TREMENDOUS results in history, ever. He says ‘I see people take this test all the time, and your results are the greatest’”