Pramila Jayapal says party has to ‘pick some big fights’ and blames leaders for falling ‘hostage to big-money interests’
Representative Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, speaks at a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, on 18 January 2024.Representative Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, speaks at a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, on 18 January 2024.
Jayapal rejected criticism that progressive policies cost the party votes. Instead she blamed party leaders for falling “hostage to big-money interests”. Voters who earn under $100,000“We’ve got to pick some big fights where people can’t be in denial or question whether or not we are standing up for them or whether we’re standing up to the big corporate interests,” the Washington congresswoman said, adding: “It’s a difficult message to send when you’re trying to court money from that community.
Jayapal argued that Tuesday’s results were not a repudiation of progressive policies and dared Republicans to try to roll back popular elements of the president’s economic agenda as they have promised. Meanwhile, Jayapal noted, voters insuch as Alaska and Missouri acted to raise the minimum wage and provide paid sick leave, two policies progressives have long championed.
Many Democrats have blamed an emphasis on identity politics for creating the perception that the party is removed from the economic concerns of working-class voters. Trump spent tens of millions of dollars on“Let’s be clear, the party that was focused on culture wars, the party that was focused on trans people, was the Republican party. It was,” said McBride, the congresswoman-elect from Delaware who centered her campaign on the economic pain voters in her state were feeling.
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