'Double Down': Swing-District Democrats Embrace Biden Agenda

[AZProgressive]

Many in the party see stimulus checks, an infrastructure plan, and tax hikes on the rich as key to winning working-class votes.

By Kevin Robillard
03/28/2021 10:10 AM ET

Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan could be forgiven if he wanted to break with early parts of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Ryan’s Youngstown-centric district went through a political transformation over the course of the last decade, going from safely Democratic to a place where Biden defeated Republican Donald Trump by just 4 percentage points in 2020. Furthermore, Ryan is “looking very, very closely” at entering the race for Ohio’s open Senate seat, putting himself in front of a solidly pro-Trump electorate in 2022.

But Ryan didn’t hesitate when asked what Democrats should do next after the passage of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

“Double down,” he told HuffPost in an interview last week. “Double down on working families.”

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_605bfa8cc5b65d1c28126a7e

[Peregrine Took]

1. S'nice to have a President we can be proud of, isn't it?? n/t