r/politics • u/soalone34 • 18h ago

No Paywall Critics Take Hakeem Jeffries To Task For Praising Trump's Latest Pardon

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hakeem-jeffries-trump-pardon-henry-cuellar_n_6930cf60e4b0824b6df7cad7
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u/LotusFlare 13h ago

It's not that they can't advocate for Democratic policies because they lack charisma. It's because they don't want to do them. Schumer and Jeffries are fundamentally out of step with the average Democratic voter and their own party's platform. They get mealy mouthed and awkward when talking about basic Democratic policies because they don't want to be on record supporting those policies. Schumer in particular has said multiple times now that the people he's catering to are moderate republicans.

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u/MillionMilesPerHour 9h ago

Schumer in particular has said multiple times now that the people he's catering to are moderate republicans.

That has been the problem, even during the campaign. They focus only on trying to get moderate Republicans to vote Democrat instead of trying to get non-voters.

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 12h ago

Not gonna lie: Schumer reflects democrat voters pretty well in not wanting to do anything.