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Krystal and Saagar analyze the changing political dynamics (Part 4)

Krystal and Saagar analyze the changing political dynamics (Part 4)

From Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

16h ago
US PoliticsProgressivismOligarch PoliticsElectionsDemocratic Party
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Crusade against billionaires, anti oligarch politics. If you're saying that James Talarico effectively on a lot of economic issues, campaigning with the rhetoric of Bernie Sanders is now moderate centrism like that is a, I mean one that that's a victory for Bernie Sanders movement, that you're essentially admitting that Bernie Sanders movement is, is what it is, moderate centrist politics. But I think it also spotlights the idea that it should be moderate, mainstream, not asking a lot of members in red states and purple districts to be roughly in the same place on a core set of economic issues as the so called progressives are. I mean, I say so called and putting these labels in quotes because these labels I think don't mean much of anything anymore. Right. Like when, when I see this sort of political discourse, you know, did moderates win or did progressives win or did centrists win? And the thing that's kind of blowing up everybody's brains in the D.C. new York political class, the media political class is the idea that I think we have been saying for a very long time, it's that it's that anti oligarch politics and populism is moderate and centrist politics. At least that's how it's perceived by the average rank and file voter. And that the terms like moderate and centrist have been appropriated for decades to describe a kind of politics that have been wildly out of touch with where the, where the actual voter is. Those terms have been used to describe corporate politics, incrementalist politics, pro oligarch politics that aren't anywhere near the mainstream center of where the public actually is. Yeah, and you know, there's a lot of discussions now about what to do with all of this newfound power and who should lead that. And there have been some battles that we would like you to react to, David, particularly with around Chuck Schumer as Senate Majority Leader. I've got two clips I want to share. First, Cory Booker was asked the question on if he still supports Schumer. Let's take a listen to that. Do you think Chuck Schumer should remain the leader of the Democrats in the Senate? We have seen the most extraordinary victory. Chuck Schumer was our leader. That's delivering one of the most historic suites. We're going to have a vote, we're going to have a family discussion. But I think America.
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