Bill de Blasio Praises Dem Socialist Agenda: That’s Where the American People Are

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DE BLASIO: "I think mainstream Democrats, unfortunately, were identified with elitism in many ways. They’re identified with complacency. They were seen as out of touch. That’s the story of 2024. We — if we in 2024 had a vigorous message of change and separating from some of the things that didn’t go so well for Joe Biden, I think we win the election, honestly. But now you’ve got candidates, it helps that they are charismatic, it helps that they are young and energetic, but they also can say plausibly, 'We didn’t create this situation and we’re offering really sharp change.' And when you look at the polling, it’s quite striking. You know, I respect Hakeem Jeffries a lot, but I disagree with him when he said on Sunday he wouldn’t vote for Medicare-for-all. That’s a majority position in America now. Higher taxes on millionaires and billionaires, majority position. Changing our policies in the Middle East, getting out of the Iran war, majority positions. So I think these new candidates, it’s not about the DSA platform. It’s about they represent actually views that are increasingly where the American people are. And a lot of them are just good candidates, dynamic candidates."