Pharma-Friendly Democrat Kurt Schrader Has A Progressive Primary Challenger

[basquebromance]

less Manchin corporate Democrats, more Bernie progressives

Pharma-Friendly Democrat Kurt Schrader Has A Progressive Primary Challenger

Jamie McLeod-Skinner, a school board member and attorney, said Schrader is “out of touch.”

www.huffpost.com

 

[pknopp]

Jamie McLeod-Skinner, left, is challenging Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) on the grounds that he is not a good ally to President Joe Biden.

I would argue he is too much of one.

 

[basquebromance]

he did vote for Build Back Better, so there's that

 

[pknopp]

he did vote for Build Back Better, so there's that

As the article notes, a watered down one. Now one could argue that this is counter to Biden's agenda. I argue that it's not Biden's agenda. Someone is pushing it but it isn't Biden. He had decades to get behind much of this stuff and never did.