The progressive agenda wins. The base passed a $15 minimum wage in Florida. The base legalized cann

[soothsayer]

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Cori Bush
@CoriBush

US House candidate, MO-1

The base passed a $15 minimum wage in Florida.

The base legalized cannabis in AZ, MT, SD, & NJ.

The base re-elected 112 co-sponsors of Medicare for All.

The progressive agenda wins.

#EmbraceTheBase

[jimfields33]

1. 2026 Florida reaches 15 dollars

A dollar or so a year. Glad it passed.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. Yep! When they cry "socialist", we yell back...

...AMERICANS!

[David__77]

4. I actually yell back...

"Fuck fascists!"

[JoeOtterbein]

8. I voted for...

...Bernie twice.

[Budi]

11. I'm sure you did . Sorry bout those 2 losses.

[DonCoquixote]

9. these things are not socialist

they actually are what the rest of the civilized world considers normal. Then again, Bernie was never a captal s socialist either, simple trying to make American not the sick dumb kid among the western nations.

[Budi]

10. Then he should stop selling his grand ideas as socialist.

🙄

[DonCoquixote]

12. er, he does not sell them as such

it is sold my people who do nto read what he says because they are knee jerk reactions to anything to the left ,

[JI7]

19. Actually he does and even does things like make clear he is not a liberal . He focuses on labels

more than actually getting things done .

[Hoyt]

3. Better than nothing, but it doesn't start until Sept 2021 at $10 an hour.

WalMart and a lot of companies start the lowest level jobs at more than that.

Again, better than nuttin.

Weed great. Wish someone within a days drive of my rube state would wise up.

[csziggy]

5. So let's see how the Florida Republican dominated administration fucks it up

The same way they have fucked up the citizen mandate to allow returning citizens (former felons) the right to vote. No where in the amendment we voted for was the demand that returning citizens pay fines and fees they were never notified about until after they tried to register to vote.

I can see the Florida Legislature adding that increases in minimum wage only being allowed after people work more than x number of years at the same position or if they are over a certain age (excluding minors) or that they must have a family. I will not put it past them.

Just saying - I hate Florida Republicans as much as the Blues Brothers hated Illinois Nazis.

[Budi]

7. Dictator authoritarian gov't & Socialism doesn't work. They'll smile as they promise your free shit,

...while stealing back twice as much from you before the ink is dry on the dotted line.

VENEZUELA could teach people a lot about how socialism worked out for them.
They either starved or fled their country as they came to realize their new authoritarian govt controlled the socialist promise.

Socialism NOT what they're selling you.
Ask the people of Venezuela.

[theaocp]

23. I focus on the policy and let the lessers argue about what it's called.

Someone wants to argue about the meaning of socialism, pivot to the policy. Repeat as needed. "What are you against a living wage?" etc.

[stopdiggin]

13. a fairly unique take on the election we all just saw

particularly the mention of FLORIDA
blow out Republican wins for 4 out of 5 House contests
blow out R wins for 4 out of 5 State Senate seats
blow out R wins for 5 out of 5 State House seats (one uncontested)
and, oh yeah, Donald Trump handily wins the state by about 6-7 percentage points greater than polling expected

NYTimes overall analysis: "FL shifts even further right"

Really got the base working down there!
(sorry about the snark -- but I'm still feeling a just a little ass-hurt by some of these results)
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[Cha]

14. The base of the Democratic Party are

the Black Voters who GOTV for Biden in strategic Cities like Philly & Detroit.. & Georgia! And, made sure we WON Those STATES.

And, the Latino Voters who GOTV for Biden/Harris in Arizona!

I do Embrace the BASE.. very Much.. Who were such a huge part of the 77 Million Voters across the Nation that gave Biden/Harris a Record number of VOTES!! Thank you Very Much

[Sunsky]

16. Thanks, we won by a broad coalition

Many of us AA are far from progressive. Most of us do not identify with any side of the spectrum. Cori is doing more to alienate "the base" in her post than anything. Cori needs to broaden her horizon. Blacks, Latinos, Asians, Indigenous voters (I heard the Navajo nation helped in Arizona as well), we want a united Democratic party. Voters will support some progressive, some centrist, and even some conservative agenda. I don't know about other states but in FL, there has to be a 60% majority to pass an amendment. Therefore, the passage of the $15 minimum wage means some Trump voters, voted for it as well.

The Republicans are united in defeat and us Democrats are divided in victory

[Cha]

17. Oh, that's right.. The Navajo! I had

read that, too.. Mahalo for the reminder & the Excellent post.

President Elect Biden does have a Broad Coalition.. that's who elected him & he has said he will be the President of Everyone.

We really should be United now.. The Biden Team is on the Front Lines fighting the trump coup.

Thank you, Sunsky

[sheshe2]

26. Our base, our most energetic voting base is black.

They never whine or cry, THEY VOTE.

Thank you, Cha.

[betsuni]

15. The Democratic agenda wins. Seattle passed the $15 minimum wage in 2014.

The base are Democratic voters. They are the progressive party. Don't understand why the word "progressive" and "the base" are used in a different way.

[JI7]

18. And this Florida BIll will take it to 15 dollars an hour in 2026 .

[JI7]

20. Republicans voted for those things also which is why it passed in those places . So it wasn't just

"the base" whatever that is .

[JI7]

21. Yes, The Base voted and that's how Joe Biden won the Democratic Primary

[George II]

22. What exactly is "the base"? Can anyone define and quantify that for us? Thanks.

[Cha]

25. The Base of the Democratic Party are those who

are the Loyal Voters and always turn out for Democracy.

They are the African American voters especially WOC who have once again GOTV and led the path to Victory in the Swing States!

[theaocp]

24. Representative-elect Bush is welcome for dinner ANY time.