Republicans say the Working Families Party ensures one-party rule in Philadelphia. But the progressives say they're the ones holding elected Democrats accountable.
Several other elected Democrats in the city have endorsed Working Families Party candidates, and the party has endorsed dozens of Pennsylvania Democrats.Bob Brady, chair of the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee,that they could be expelled for supporting candidates outside the Democratic Party this fall.
“It was not to have somebody who could come up with a minority party,” he said, “and bring in outside influence, finances, and otherwise to win an election and there really be no difference of opinion except for how progressive a Democrat you are.” “They wanted political diversity,” Vignola said. “It was 72 years ago. They weren’t thinking about third parties.”
Matthew Wolfe, a Republican ward leader and an attorney who works with the city GOP, described the Working Families Party as a “faction of the Democratic Party.” Ceisler said there’s value in having elected officials who can coordinate with Republican leaders in Harrisburg. And Navotney said while two Republicans on the 17-member legislative body weren’t blocking Democratic agendas or passing conservative wishlists, “they were a dissenting vote.”
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