The Democrats’ New Motto Should Be: Republicans, Try and Stop Us
The majorities in the next Congress must push a maximalist agenda and force Republicans to go on the record blocking or obstructing limits on corporate power.
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The piece is an opinion essay by Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, arguing that newly elected Democratic majorities should pursue an ambitious agenda on corporate power and costs rather than a minimal one. It cites a Progressive Change Institute review of 61 Democrats who won competitive races, of whom 97 percent called for limits on data centers and 75 percent backed Medicare for All, a public option, or a Medicare buy-in. It also cites a Data for Progress postelection survey in Maine, Michigan, and Texas showing majority support for higher taxes on millionaires, a $15 minimum wage, and Medicare for All.
This is an opinion piece urging Democrats to push a maximalist progressive agenda, with loaded phrases like "corrupt members of Congress" and "locomotive of public opinion." It treats the election as a mandate for populist policy and frames opponents of the approach as protecting corporate interests.
- Calls caution "anti-populist hand-wringing" that is really about keeping corporations "immune to public accountability," attributing motive without evidence.
- Cites a Progressive Change Institute analysis of winners, written by that group's co-founder, without noting the selection is of winning candidates only.
- Says "Not every voter agreed with every policy" yet claims bold ideas were "assets, not political liabilities."
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