Politicians on the left have been split since the founding of the republic. What it comes down to is that one side is okay with minor repairs that don't rock the boat and the other side wants to build a new fleet: Nancy Pelosi vs. AOC.
To win, the Democrats need both factions. Great political leaders work with both sides: Washington, Lincoln and FDR.
The DNC (Democratic National Committee) changed during the Clinton years, moving into the gap left by the demise of the Liberal Republicans. Today the Democratic Party Liberal Republicans are reinforced by the Anyone-But-Trump former Republicans; jointly they back Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden on TV and oppose universal health care, tuition-free public universities, etc. They aren't bad people, especially compared to tRump. But the political world, as they see it, consists of two parties, the tRump party vs. centrist liberal Republican-Democrats. For them the New Deal is dead.
I defended Pelosi for a many years, and I assume she means well, but her time has passed. The issues have changed. She's out of touch. The Democrats need a better leader, presumably the person they will nominate for President, someone who enthuses the young and people of color to turn out and vote.
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