As progressive candidates in New York City and across the nation convincingly win their primary battles, Democrats in Congress – and in particular those in leadership positions – may be sweating the increasingly likely prospect of having to govern after November’s midterms. It’s not simply that the slew of more radical candidates has an agenda beyond the mainstream vision of their party, but that many are openly hostile to those who hope to wield the reins of power.
And with each far-left victory, the “permission concept” for voters disgruntled with business-as-usual politics gets adopted, leads to a likelihood of more and more of these rebellious contenders gaining the keys to the Senate and House. For House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his Senate counterpart Chuck Schumer, this is an incoming hangover from which they may not easily recover.
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