Hakeem Jeffries just pulled the classic Washington pivot.
Co-sponsored Medicare For All bills from 2013-2021. Now as House Minority Leader? "Not currently supporting it."
This is the game. Support populist policy when you're rank-and-file. Drop it the second leadership hands you the keys.
Political convenience > conviction. Every time.
Watch what they do when power's on the line, not what they tweet when it's safe.
Co-sponsored Medicare For All bills from 2013-2021. Now as House Minority Leader? "Not currently supporting it."
This is the game. Support populist policy when you're rank-and-file. Drop it the second leadership hands you the keys.
Political convenience > conviction. Every time.
Watch what they do when power's on the line, not what they tweet when it's safe.