{"id":572451,"date":"2023-04-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/progressives-line-up-behind-biden-despite-some-misgivings\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T10:00:00","slug":"progressives-line-up-behind-biden-despite-some-misgivings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/progressives-line-up-behind-biden-despite-some-misgivings\/","title":{"rendered":"#Progressives line up behind Biden despite some misgivings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/ocasiocortezalexandria_bidenjoe_042823gn_split_biden-progressives.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Most high-profile progressives in Congress say they\u2019ll support President Biden\u2019s reelection bid, even though some are critical of his policy agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Since announcing his 2024 campaign on Tuesday, Biden has racked up endorsements from many prominent members of the left, including the progressive standard-bearer, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus; and Squad members Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and\u00a0Greg Casar (D-Texas).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While many in the progressive wing are lining up behind the president, they\u2019re not necessarily making a show of full-throated support. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), one of the most visible\u00a0liberals\u00a0on Capitol Hill, told a reporter she \u201cunequivocally\u201d supports the party\u2019s nominees, while also acknowledging the differences she and Biden share.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t necessarily feel like a big launch,\u201d Jayapal told The Hill on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully we\u2019ll have a chance to have much bigger opportunities to launch kind of a vision of what we need to do next. I think people can run on what they\u2019ve done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats emphasize they will do whatever is necessary to beat former President Trump as it becomes increasingly possible he\u2019ll lead the GOP ticket,\u00a0the cautious response underscores\u00a0some of the divisions within the Democratic Party that could become more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent as the presidential election heats up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis disregard\u00a0 \u2014 and even, at times, evident contempt\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 for the base of his own party\u00a0 \u2026 could lead to the kind of dampened Democratic voter enthusiasm that allowed Trump to win in November 2016,\u201d one prominent progressive activist warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The similarities to the last election cycle are striking. Biden chose the same day, April 25, to launch his 2024 campaign as he did during the 2020 election. And like the last time, progressives were skeptical about the direction in which he could take the country, arguing he wasn\u2019t expansive enough on the issues they cared about most.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Biden, alongside senior White House officials and allies outside of government, worked to ease that skepticism. The president and several of his closest advisers have prioritized progressivism throughout his first term, recognizing both the popularity of many populist economic policies and the importance of maintaining a diverse supporter base.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, who was leading the charge for a more\u00a0liberal\u00a0Biden administration, put to rest any fears from moderates that he\u2019d run himself by stating this week that he supported\u00a0the president\u2019s\u00a0reelection bid.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That stamp of approval carried a lot of weight. To many establishment Democrats, Sanders became a nuisance to Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2016 effort after he dragged his feet in offering his endorsement when she became the presumptive nominee. In 2020, Sanders hung on for a bit after the South Carolina primary sent Biden on the path to nomination, but even then eventually threw his support behind his longtime friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing this country needs is a Donald Trump or some other right-wing demagogue who is going to try to undermine American democracy or take away a woman\u2019s right to choose, or not address the crisis of gun violence, or racism, sexism or homophobia,\u201d Sanders told The Associated Press earlier this week. \u201cSo, I\u2019m in to do what I can to make sure that the president is reelected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of Sanders\u2019s biggest allies in Congress, including Jayapal and his former national campaign co-chair Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), have given the incumbent president a resounding nod for 2024.\u00a0Casar and Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), newly-minted members of the Squad,\u00a0also said they\u2019re behind\u00a0him,\u00a0putting newer and younger members of the Progressive Caucus in Biden\u2019s corner.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Newly-minted members of the Squad, Reps. Greg Casar (D-Texas) and\u00a0Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), \u00a0also said they\u2019re behind the president, putting newer and younger members of the Progressive Caucus in Biden\u2019s corner.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Ramirez told The Hill she\u2019s looking forward to working with Biden on executive actions, especially with the House under GOP control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile legislative action in the minority in the House has proven to be nearly impossible, I welcome any opportunities to work with the Biden Administration to identify ways to provide the relief and action necessary for working families through administrative and executive actions,\u201d Ramirez said. \u201cIt\u2019s a critical lever to keep delivering and to show people that our president is committed to using every available tool to uplift working folks even while Republicans actively try to sabotage our livelihoods and democracy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), meanwhile, said she\u2019s \u201cdelighted\u201d\u00a0about his decision, emphasizing that\u00a0\u201che\u2019s got a strong record to run on and a great vision for what he still wants to get done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Like Sanders, Warren ran against Biden for the nomination in 2020 before getting behind his bid as it became clear that he was the party\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in all the way,\u201d she told The Hill. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As support trickled in throughout the week, the actual campaign kickoff, which prioritized broader values like protecting American democracy, left some to be desired among liberals hungry to hear more about their priorities.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSome of the toughest issues, whether it\u2019s immigration or public safety or Willow is kind of a big one \u2026 I don\u2019t I don\u2019t think we should be surprised that maybe there\u2019s not 100 percent,\u201d Jayapl said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That frustration among some on the left comes after some of Biden\u2019s policy decisions have irked progressives. Throughout much of the spring, the president made moves to the middle, including signing a crime bill in D.C. greenlit by Republicans and announcing the Willow Project, an expensive drilling plan. He was also reportedly considering reinstating migrant\u00a0detention centers.<\/p>\n<p>There are still some lingering wounds for progressives on those matters, and more work needs to be done to repair the relationship built over four years of mural courtship and compromise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBiden\u2019s recent policy decisions seem calculated to appeal to the relatively small number of disaffected Republicans, while undermining enthusiasm from large numbers of grassroots Democrats, particularly young voters,\u201d said the progressive activist. \u201cDemocratic leaders seem to believe that victory in 2024 will be assured by the extremism of the Republican Party. Many of them mistakenly believed that in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, many progressives within Congress see the merits of\u00a0Biden\u2019s calculations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that people are looking at the incredible accomplishments, particularly the investments in climate change and equity, racial justice, and seeing that this is night and day from what anyone else has been able to do,\u201d Jayapal said.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond policy, there\u2019s also the practical nature of running a national campaign, where funding plays a big role against the well-heeled GOP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, Dem moderates control a lot of where the money goes,\u201d said one Democratic strategist who has worked for multiple high profile presidential aspirants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden does seem\u00a0to acknowledge that he needs to keep the left happy. The size of the voting bloc matters to his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election showing, and a flippant response to their concerns can leave the door open for a more liberal Democrat to launch a primary challenge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Biden loses the extreme side of the progressive wing, which is smaller than people think, [people] will say, \u2018we told you so,\u2019\u201d the Democratic strategist said. \u201cIt will open the [party] up to the emergence of a Bernie-type candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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