The DCCC is not serving Democrats well. In fact, it has been attacking progressive Democrats with opposition research. Now it is telling Democratic candidates not to support Medicare for All.
The DCCC decided to use that polling to caution Democrats against arguing for “repealing or replacing” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) “with something radically different.”
“The American people overwhelmingly want Congress to improve the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it or replace it with something radically different,” the memo obtained read. “We need to offer reasonable solutions to improve the law instead of a massive overhaul.”
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Just as the DNC was broken in 2016, the DCCC is broken.
The Democratic Corporate Centrist Committee is a more appropriate title.
Randy Bryce (ironstache) is seeking to defeat Paul Ryan. He’ll ignore that DCCC advice:
Bryce said Tuesday that he hadn’t seen the Intercept report. “The DCCC, I’m sure they have their reasons,” he said. “[But] from a personal standpoint, [Medicare for All is] something I committed to early on in the campaign and it’s something I’m going to stick to. We showed early on who we are.”
Think Progress
Bryce sees strong support for Medicare for All:
But what people seem most excited about, Bryce said, is passing Medicare for All.
“My ears are still ringing from the cheers of people,” Bryce said, referring to the audience reaction at a rally he held Monday to announce his economic policy platform. “It’s something that affects everybody, and it’s more than past due for us to look after each other.”
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In my view, the DCCC can go f—k itself.
Give to candidates, not the DCCC.
I have yet to see the same bullshit from the DSCC. Whatever is wrong with the DCCC, they better fix it. We can take the House, but not with the tactics that lost in 2016.