The progressive movement is kicking off 2020 with a full-scale, whack-a-Joe mobilization against the former vice president
nearly $23 million — since entering the presidential race in April. And it follows recent polling that shows he remains the frontrunner in national primary polls and a top-tier contender in first-in-the-nation Iowa, which holds its caucus Feb. 3.
“It’s all a closing argument about electability,” Green said. “The underlying premise is that many progressive, Democratic voters are under the mistaken impression that Biden is safe or electable when he’s the least electable option we have. And that point needs to get into voters’ heads before Election Day.”
The progressive, grassroots groups don’t have deep pockets — they rely on organizing muscle. While they have no plans to spend money on radio or television ads or mail against Biden, they’re leaning on their networks of dedicated activists to spread the word on the ground and on social media. The day before, the group demanded Biden “retract his out-of-touch remarks about women and electability” forat a recent Iowa event that Clinton faced sexism in 2016 but “that’s not going to happen to me.” PCCC accused Biden of implying that “electability means old, white, male, and conservative.”
he would require undocumented immigrants to “learn how to speak English” in order to qualify for a pathway to citizenship.That remark prompted the Indivisible group Monday to criticize Biden for promoting an “outdated idea that all of our candidates should be beyond.”
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