Cenk Uygur
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Mayor Totally Nails Why Democrats Are Spineless Losers
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November 15, 2014
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7:03Now Playing"New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wrote a piece for The Huffington Post this morning arguing that the reason Democratic candidates lost in the midterm elections was that they lacked any backbone and did not stand for progressive principles.
De Blasio argues that the American people very much agree with Democratic policies and the reason so many candidates lost is because they “lost sight of those core principles — opting instead to clip their progressive wings in deference to a conventional wisdom that says bold ideas aren’t politically practical.”
And in redder states, De Blasio says candidates never talked about issues like progressive taxation or expanding health benefits, so it’s not certain that they were rejected because voters disagree with those particular policies."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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