An opinion writer for The Hill believes that Democrats are “leaning left too far.”
An Overview of the Opinion Piece
Ed Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor and the op-ed writer, warns that members and supporters of the Democrat party are taking radical leftist stances. Moreover, Rendell worries that leaning so far to the left will have undesirable consequences. Some noteable excerpts from his article read as follows:
“The two clearest examples of trying to appeal to our base by being as progressive as possible were the rush to embrace a “single-payer” health care system after Sen. Bernie Sanders publicly endorsed it, and the stampede to call for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).”
Rendell then goes on to state that in places where socialized healthcare has been implemented, it was “unworkable and unfundable.”
Shortly thereafter, the former governor tore into left-wingers who favor the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rendell argues that progressive calls to abolish ICE “effectively redirected attention and halted the bleeding for President Trump.”
