'Every. Single. One.': Ocasio-Cortez Notes Every Democrat Who Backed Medicare for All Won Reelection

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52. But it's been discussed in the past. The Clinton administration tried for universal health care,

Obama administration got ACA with a public option passed in the House but not in the senate. The popularity of the ACA made the idea of government health care more acceptable to Americans. The Fight for Fifteen started out as a fast food workers protest and became a national movement for a fifteen dollar minimum wage, leading to cities and states adopting it. Seattle was proof that a fifteen dollar minimum wage didn't bankrupt small businesses. The popularity of the higher minimum wage made it more acceptable to Americans. The legalization of marijuana in states: society didn't collapse and that made it more acceptable to Americans. So did same sex marriage. Like everything else.

Has nothing to do with Bernie except for people new to politics. He'd be terrific if he didn't say things like he did last week that "I think it is fair to say that in many ways the Democratic Party has become a party of coastal elites" and claims that things like universal health care and a higher minimum wage are radical ideas that only he supports. It's really a shame. I wish he could understand.