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In reply to the discussion: Radosh: Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez are losing the way home [View all]SunSeeker
(51,770 posts)She is certainly to the left of red state Dems like Joe Manchin and Heidi Heidkamp, and probably to the left of Bernie, on guns, particularly her call for tougher requirements for concealed carry and refual to take money from the gun lobby. Bernie voted against the Brady Bill 5 times and still has not renounced his support of the PLCAA. It takes some guts to be pro gun control in a rural red state.
She is certainly a progressive Democrat on the economy, particularly her work with poor communities of color to spur entrepreneurship, since minimum wage hikes mean nothing if there are no jobs on a reservation. Davids is certainly progressive on social issues/civil rights. But she doesn't self-identify as a socialist. I realize that gives some folks the sads, but that does not make her any less of a progressive. How many progressive Dems fought alongside the Native Americans of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to keep the Keystone XL pipeline from going through?
It is patently ridiculous and a smear to claim Davids is "no further left that the most right-leaning Democrats" and that she "is not progressive."
Regardless, pray tell why you would want a candidate in a red state who is outside the progressive Democratic mainstream?