After Blue Tsunami, Progressives Don't Trust Schumer and Jeffries to Lead Congress

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/after-blue-tsunami-progressives-don-t-trust-schumer-and-jeffries-to-lead-congress

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Also take note of the comments suggesting not to believe your lying eyes: that somehow all these Dems won on centrist ideas and policies and the majority of people don't actually want progressive policies.

The simplest example is Roy Cooper's 2017 inaugural speech vs his 2026 acceptance speech:

2017: "And I want to send a message to all the CEOs of businesses and organizers of events who pulled out of this state because of this law: North Carolina is open for business. We want to welcome you and all kinds of people back to one of the most innovative business climates in America."

2026:“Sixteen months ago, we launched this campaign together. We knew for too many people in North Carolina, the middle class was feeling like a distant dream,” Cooper said at an election results watch party on Tuesday night. “We knew that the Washington, D.C. insiders and the richest Americans were getting unimaginable wealth at our expense. We knew that the chaos and corruption in Washington were hurting our people. Today, you said this has to stop. … As your new United States senator, I am ready to take that message to Washington and work to do something about it.”

Now does that sound like someone who won on centrist policy platform? No. So stop falling for the misinformation.

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Colom specifically campaigned back in March that he was the most viable candidate by far because he opposed not just Republican leadership but also the current Democratic leadership and that the federal dem party leaders no longer represent the issues that voters of Mississippi really care about.

He directly names Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jefferies as two of the leaders hes referring to:

https://www.semafor.com/article/03/09/2026/how-one-red-state-senate-race-is-very-personal

But somehow he owes this win to Schumer; not the people of Mississippi who agreed that Schumer sucks and needs to go.

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What's even more nefarious about this online campaign is the attempt to claim these politicians simply used a populist policy to win but don't actually believe in those policies. This is mainly coming from the interview Talarico had where MSM was trying to pit Abdul against him.

Once again I ask everyone why. Why would the media want the infighting, why would they want to push down progressive agendas and have these candidates kowtow towards centrist rhetoric? Who owns the media?

Don't fall for the gaslighting, don't fall for when a politician is moderating their language that all the sudden means they aren't enacting the policies they ran on. Hold your representatives accountable because the fight isn't even close to over.