If her constituents have chosen her to represent them, great.
What do I think of her as Chair of the Progressive Caucus? I think her holding Biden's first major plan hostage for over a month was a grave mistake--she/Progressives wanted the whole package passed rather than break it into the easily-passed infrastructure bill and the impossible to pass domestic bill. All she did was stop all momentum, hurt centrist/purple district representatives, make the party look like it's held hostage to its leftist fringe, and make the Democrats look like they couldn't get anything done even having a majority. And her Progressive caucus got nothing in return for the damage she caused the Biden Administration and Democratic Party as a whole.
The Democratic Party has always been a coalition party, which is why it's so good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. This is a perfect example of how it happens.
You're right. What about Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)?
If her constituents have chosen her to represent them, great.
What do I think of her as Chair of the Progressive Caucus? I think her holding Biden's first major plan hostage for over a month was a grave mistake--she/Progressives wanted the whole package passed rather than break it into the easily-passed infrastructure bill and the impossible to pass domestic bill. All she did was stop all momentum, hurt centrist/purple district representatives, make the party look like it's held hostage to its leftist fringe, and make the Democrats look like they couldn't get anything done even having a majority. And her Progressive caucus got nothing in return for the damage she caused the Biden Administration and Democratic Party as a whole.
The Democratic Party has always been a coalition party, which is why it's so good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. This is a perfect example of how it happens.