“California will be the largest delegation at the DNC,” says RoKhanna. “And we’re going to be the loudest delegation when it comes to our progressive policies”
and his supporters. Sure, the Clinton campaign extended some political courtesy to the left-wing of the party. But by and large, the Bernie base was cast aside.
to the 2001 war authorization against al-Qaida, progressives found their vehicles. Solis, who served as labor secretary underBracing for a virtual Democratic convention, Sanders’s delegates and progressives recognized the stakes of the cochair selection. In contrast with 2016, when Sanders’s supporters engaged in a series of direct actions on the convention floor, delegates could quite literally be muted this year. A progressive cochair was paramount.
“Certainly if Gavin would have put up that fight that would be out the window,” Bernal added, noting the California governor’s “graciousness” in stepping aside. Shortly after the cochair decision was announced over the weekend, Newsom praised the choice on Twitter. “Never been a more urgent election—and CA Democrats have never been more energized, united and ready to elect our next President,” he. “At this moment in history, I’m proud that our Delegation will be chaired by those who reflect the diversity and dynamism of our great stcate.” A source familiar with the dynamics said Newsom angled behind the scenes to hold onto the position.
“[Governor] Newsom is busy leading us through the pandemic and related massive economic challenges, plus the reckoning on structural racism,”a political spokesman for Newsom, told me. “His hands are beyond full with governing.” Newman noted that the governor’s office also “proactively suggested Barbara Lee be added to a unity slate that represents and reflects the nation’s most diverse state.
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