Democrats Focus on Medicare for All Amid Debate Over Defunding Police and Borders
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“I do not support defunding the police. I do not support open borders. I do not support abolishing the Senate,” Jeffries said. Instead, Jeffries said House Democrats are focused on what he described as the “Democratic agenda”: lowering the cost of living, making housing and health care more affordable and addressing the affordability crisis.
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BreitbartJeffries said, “Well, what I can say is that I do not support defunding the police. I do not support open borders. I do not support abolishing the Senate. We’re focused on actually solving problems that hardworking American taxpayers want us to solve, which is to lower the high cost of living in a situation where life is far too expensive in this country. That’s the democratic agenda. That’s what House Democrats are fighting to achieve.”
The HillJeffries: ‘I don’t support’ DSA agenda House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that he does not back the agenda of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), even as democratic socialists and left-leaning candidates racked up primary wins in the last few months. “I don’t support the DSA agenda, as has been articulated by the DSA itself. Now, you’re going…
Washington TimesHouse Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he does not support the Democratic Socialists of America’s policy platform and that those ideas will not be part of his caucus’ agenda if they take control of the House.
Washington ExaminerKhanna’s comments come after Jeffries emphasized Democrats’ efforts to make healthcare more affordable, including restoring tax credits from the Affordable Care Act. Jeffries vowed to reverse cuts to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies should Democrats retake the House majority in November.
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“Medicare for all is arguably the most important priority,” Mr. Khanna said. “It would save money, and it would save lives. Look, there was just a Yale study that came out. It would save $1 trillion in terms of cost, in terms of healthcare.”
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Washington Examiner“Medicare for all is arguably the most important priority,” Khanna said on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. “It would save money, and it would save lives.”
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One DNC member described it as a “sling-shot” moment. The party laid out the strategy in an LGBTQ caucus meeting at the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in Austin.
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01 New York Post Dems now favor socialism over capitalism by this overwhelming amount: new poll The disturbing findings come as Democrats are engaged in a so-called "battle for the soul" of their party.
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02 The Hill New York Republican says DSA candidates will make up ‘commie caucus’ if elected to Congress Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) on Sunday said that Democratic candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will make up the “commie caucus” if the party reclaims Congress after the fall midterm elections. Malliotakis started off by criticizing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) rollout of a new tax on second homes worth…
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03 Washington Examiner “We know that the average income of workers is 43%. It’s the lowest it’s ever been since 1929,” Khanna said. “One of the reasons is because of exploding health insurance. Medicare for all would increase wages.”
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04 Breitbart Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb (D) said the United States is “not a purely capitalistic society.”
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05 Washington Times Beneath the choreography, divisions kept resurfacing, with clashes between the establishment Democrats and socialist insurgents over how to dismantle Mr. Trump’s immigration force and which side to back in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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06 The Daily Wire His comments come as Democratic socialists and their allies have made significant gains in Democratic primaries across the country, prompting an increasingly public debate among party leaders and establishment-aligned Democrats over how far left the party should move.
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