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This progressive leader has a strategy for Dems: Drop the purity tests, and ‘pick villains’ in the GOP
This progressive leader has a strategy for Dems: Drop the purity tests, and ‘pick villains’ in the GOP
A millennial Texan offers advice for how Democrats can get back on track with working-class voters.
Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) speaks with reporters as he arrives for a vote the U.S. Capitol May 1, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
03/29/2025 12:00 PM EDT
Rep. Greg Casar wants Democrats to “pick villains” in the GOP and drop purity tests in primaries.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus chair, a 35-year-old Texas millennial who took over its leadership in December, thinks his party lost its working-class identity, while becoming too cautious and too boring in its fight against Republicans. He’s meeting privately with other members to discuss ways to steer the party toward a more populist economic message — being “known as the party of working people, first and foremost,” Casar said — and he’s mounting an aggressive public relations campaign to push it.
It’s a notable departure from the approach the progressive wing of the Democratic Party had in recent years, when it wrapped itself in slogans like “abolish ICE” and “defund the police,” while demanding ideological purity on a range of issues during the 2020 presidential primary. It also comes as Democrats confront a deep brand problem, with public and private polling and focus groups showing voters believe it is weak, overly focused on diversity and the elites.
“Our best path to being able to defend vulnerable people and take on righteous, but maybe not yet popular causes, is to win the........
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