Many progressives reluctantly accepted Biden securing the Democrat nomination despite two far-left progressives — Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sanders, making headway throughout the process. During the primary, Sanders earned the endorsement of the far-left members of the “Squad,” such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who recently expressed hope that the radical left will be able to push Biden even farther to the left, should he take the presidency.
“I think, overall, we can likely push Vice President Biden in a more progressive direction across policy issues,” the New York lawmaker told Just the News in an interview earlier this month.
“There are some areas where we just fundamentally disagree, but that’s okay. I think it’s important to acknowledge that we can have, in some cases, very large disagreements — it doesn’t mean that we’re trying to undermine the party or undermine each other,” she added. “It means that we’re trying to do what’s best for people in the country.”
However, despite embracing radical progressive ideas in the past, as seen in the Biden-Sanders “Unity” Platform, the former vice president struck a different tone throughout the debate, attempting to distance himself from the Bernie Bros.
1. “No, I don’t support the Green New Deal.”
Biden sent a confusing message during the presidential debate, fully denying any support for the radical left’s multitrillion-dollar Green New Deal. Yet, just moments before stating that he did not support it, Biden seemingly defended the proposal, stating that the Green New Deal “will pay for itself as we move forward”:
Notably, Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), is a cosponsor of the Senate version of Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal.
2. “The party is me. Right now, I am the Democratic Party.”
The former vice president dissed one of the sterling policy proposals of the radical left, Medicare for All, and declared himself the Democrat Party as a way to prove that he does not want socialist medicine and socialist health care…
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