In the 2020 U.S. election, Democrats won the White House, took control of the Senate and retained their majority in the House of Representatives. The Democrats lost seats in the House. Since then several conservative House Democrats have blamed progressives for the reduced Democratic plurality.
Brian Kahn reports in Gizmodo on a new study by Earther revealing that the opposite is the case.
“Earther looked at the Green New Deal, another bête noire of conservatives and Fox News, to see if it sank Democrats chances. The bill has 101 co-sponsors in the House and 14 co-sponsors in the Senate. Of the 93 House co-sponsors who ran for a seat in Congress’s lower chamber in 2020, only one lost reelection.”
Most importantly, many of these races were won in swing or Republican leaning districts.
In addition, 100% — every single Democrat — running a campaign in support of Medicare for All won their race.
I took the selfie above while delivering my letter on behalf of Sunrise to then-CA Senator Kamala Harris thanking her for supporting the Green New Deal. She’s a winner as well.
The future is progressive.
Read this article here.