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I kekahi manawa, ʻōlelo nui ka hoʻoholo. A pēlā nō i ka manawa i koho ai ka Congressional Progressive Caucus - me 98 mau lālā o ka Hale - i ka manaʻo o kāna PAC i kahi hui "kūpono" e kūʻē i ka moho holomua ikaika ʻo Nina Turner. Ma ke kaʻina hana, ua hōʻike ka Progressive Caucus i kona kūpaʻa i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā Democrats ʻoiai e hōʻino ana i kona hilinaʻi ma waena o ka holomua o ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka ʻae ʻana o ka Congresswoman Shontel Brown e kūʻē iā Turner i kā lākou hoʻokūkū hou ʻana i ka lā 3 o Mei i hiki mai i ʻelima mau mahina ma hope o ka noho ʻana o Brown i ke keʻena ma hope o ke koho balota kūikawā o ka makahiki i hala ma kahi ʻāpana o Cleveland. Ma ka papa mua Demokarata o Augate i hala, ua lanakila o Brown ia Turner me ke kokua ana o kālā mai nā hui nui, Republican a me nā mea hāʻawi hawkishly pro-Israel - a me ke kākoʻo mai nā Republicans i koho iā Brown ma Ohio. (ʻO nā mea kākoʻo aupuni kaulana ʻelua o Brown ʻo Hillary Clinton lāua ʻo Rep. Jim Clyburn.)
He kanaka kālaiʻāina ʻo Brown ʻaʻole ʻo ia i komo wale i ka Progressive Caucus - ʻo ia kekahi hui koke ka hoa paio New Democrat Coalition, he kuikahi o na Demokarata hui nui loa o ka Hale.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻana me Brown e kūʻē iā Turner, ʻike ʻia ka Progressive Caucus e like me ka hapa nui o Wakinekona e hana nei - ma ke ʻano he racket pale incumbent.
A ʻo ka ʻae ʻana i lawe mai i nā nīnau i ka ʻili i ka wā lōʻihi. E like me:
Ke hōʻike nei ka Progressive Caucus i nā pono o nā ʻāpana koho holomua i ka hoʻokumu? A i ʻole e hōʻike ana ka Progressive Caucus i nā pono o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka holomua? A inā ʻo ka pane "ʻelua," a laila pehea e hana ai?
Inā ʻaʻole e pane ʻia kēlā mau nīnau me ka akaka, e hoʻohaʻahaʻa nā kuhi hewa i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka poʻe holomua e loiloi i nā kūlana me ka pololei a hoʻonohonoho pono.
ʻOiai he hanana bellwether ka ʻae ʻana iā Brown, ʻaʻole ia he hanana kaʻawale. Ma hope o ka moʻolelo lōʻihi o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna leverage (e like me ka haʻalele ʻana i kāna koi i ka makahiki 2009 e lilo kahi "koho lehulehu" i ʻāpana o ke Affordable Care Act), ua ʻike ʻia ka Progressive Caucus e hoʻohana i kekahi clout maoli i nā mahina mua o ka peresidena Biden. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ua koi kāna alakaʻi ʻaʻole ia e hoʻihoʻi i ka bila ʻoihana bipartisan o ka makahiki i hala ke ʻole ia e neʻe i loko o ka ʻaha kūkā e like me ke kānāwai Build Back Better i manaʻo ʻia e Pelekikena Biden me nā manaʻo nui mai Sen. Bernie Sanders.
He mea koʻikoʻi ʻo Build Back Better no ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka pilikanaka a me ka hoʻoponopono nui ʻana i ka ulia pōpilikia. A no kekahi manawa, me he mea lā ua paʻa ka Progressive Caucus, ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Rep. Pramila Jayapal, i ka pono o ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka Build Back Better me ke ana hoʻolālā. He mea koʻikoʻi ka like ʻana no ka mea ʻo Joe Manchin ka mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Senate i makemake ʻole e hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ka bila hoʻomohala i ke kānāwai akā ua huhū ʻo ia iā Build Back Better.
Ua hoʻohiki ke alakaʻi ʻo Progressive Caucus ʻaʻole e hoʻi i lalo. A laila hāʻule ʻo ia, e koho ana e nalu i ka bila hana ma o ka Hale. Ua pōkole ʻo Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez iā ia mai la: "He ʻAʻole wau. He lapuwale kēia."
ʻO nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka Squad i hoʻonui ʻia - e komo pū me Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman a me Ayanna Pressley - ua koho pū ʻia hoʻi e kūʻē i ke ʻano hoʻolālā kū hoʻokahi (a ua nui ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana ma muli o ka hopena).
Ua ʻike ʻo AOC, Omar, Bush, Tlaib, Bowman a me Pressley i ka mea e hiki mai ana, ma muli o ka hāʻawi pio ʻana o ka Progressive Caucus. Ua loaʻa ka bila ʻoihana ma o ka ʻaha kūkā, a ua kau inoa ʻo Biden iā ia ma Nowemapa 15. Ua nalowale koke nā Progressives i kā lākou leverage no Build Back Better. Ua make.
I Kekemapa, ua hoʻopuka ʻo RootsAction.org (a mākou i hoʻokumu ai) i kahi hōʻike hohonu ma ka Congressional Progressive Caucus, e palapala ana i ka nui o kona mau lālā ʻaʻole i kākoʻo i nā mea nui o ka CPC (e like me Medicare for All and a Green New Deal) a ʻo kekahi o ka caucus he PINO wale nō - "Progressive In Name Only." Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei kēlā poʻe loio i ke kōkua ʻana o ka lepili "holomua" iā lākou me nā mea hoʻoikaika a me nā mea koho i ko lākou mau ʻāpana, akā ma Wakinekona ke manaʻo nei lākou e kau kānāwai ma ka inoa o ke kūlana ʻoihana.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka hōʻike PINO "ʻo nā lālā CPC he 16 he ʻāpana o ka New Democrat Coalition ideologically" - kahi ʻaha kūkā "moderate" e kākoʻo ana i nā kulekele "kūpono i ka mākeke" a me nā "kuleana kālā" no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia nui a me ke kaiapuni o ko mākou manawa. . Hoʻohui iā Shontel Brown i kēia papa inoa o nā lālā ʻelua. (I ka manawa i kākoʻo ai ka PAC o ka CPC iā Brown i kēia mahina, ua hoʻolaha pū ʻo ia i kona kākoʻo ʻana i kekahi o nā PINO ʻino loa e holo ana no ke koho hou ʻana, me ka Jimmy Panetta.)
Ua nānā ka hōʻike i ka nele o ka hui ʻana i ka Progressive Caucus a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka hemahema o ka nīnau ʻana pehea i loaʻa ʻole ai i kekahi o nā ʻaha kūkā nui loa ka mana e loaʻa ai ka Build Back Better ma ka laina hoʻopau.
ʻO ke ala alakaʻi alakaʻi Progressive Caucus i hāʻawi i ka leverage no Build Back Better e like me ka mea i kākoʻo wale iā Shontel Brown e kūʻē iā Nina Turner. Pono nā poʻe holomua a puni ka ʻāina e nānā a mai poina: ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hilinaʻi i ka Congressional Progressive Caucus e hāʻawi i ke ʻano alakaʻi e pono ai mākou. Pono e hele mai mai ke kumu mai.
ʻO Jeff Cohen ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā RootsAction.org, he kumu aʻoaʻo nūpepa hoʻomaha ma Ithaca College, a me ka mea kākau o "Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media." Ma 1986, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka hui kiaʻi media FAIR.
ʻO Norman Solomon ka luna aupuni o RootsAction.org a me ka mea kākau o nā puke he ʻumi me ka "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death." ʻO ia ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻokō o ka Institute for Public Accuracy.
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