‘The Democratic Party Is On Life Support’ - Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush
The two former Congress members get candid about their former colleagues, fascism, and fighting Trump in this latest episode.
Between the mass deportations, the attacks on free speech, and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, it’s clear that Donald Trump’s “tyrannical machine” is in full swing in the US. But despite how high the stakes are, Trump and Republicans have been met with virtually no resistance from the Democratic Party.
That’s what former members of Congress Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman say in their latest episode of “Bowman & Bush,” where the two share never-before-told stories about their time in Congress and give honest insight into what really happens behind the curtain in DC.
In their conversation, Cori and Jamaal discuss how Democrats have sabotaged their own party, why leaders like Chuck Schumer are capitulating to Trump, and explain just how high the stakes are with Trump back in power.
“We're here right now because Democrats didn't do enough to stop Trump,” Cori says.
Jamaal adds: “This is a party that eats its own in favor of big money and special interests.”
Jamaal shares what it felt like to be censured by his own party – and what it says about the Democrats; the two reveal how party leaders stopped each of them from leading on certain issues; how they were “served up on a platter” to special interests; and what exactly the party could be doing differently (creating leverage, for one thing). They also praise Jamie Raskin, Barbara Lee, and even David Hogg’s latest initiative.
This is the most candid and revelatory discussion about the current state of the Democratic Party you’ll find online.
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DNC old Guard need to go. DNC no longer belongs to establishment Democrates, especially the ones owned by Big money.
Bernie and other progressive is the only way forward that will address the massive inequality and wealth Gap.
Remove big money from Politics. Is the only way DNC will get its credibility back.
I wish these two were still in Congress. This discussion reminds me once again of the outsize power in this country of the right-wing Israeli lobby, e.g., AIPAC, which poured millions of dollars into the primaries to defeat them. Any many Democrats, as well as Republicans, take money from AIPAC, e.g., Schumer, Gillibrand and Booker. Then they vote accordingly to continue funding the genocide in Gaza. I expect the DNC and establishment Democrats will push another genocide supporting politician on us in the next presidential race. Cory Booker, an unwavering Netanyahu supporter, is already priming for the job. This issue has split the Democratic Party like almost no other. It is time the party recognizes that it cannot win while continuing its uncritical support of the Netanyahu government. Supporting genocide is a bridge too far for many voters who would otherwise support Democrats. And the establishment party is also supporting attacks on free speech on our college campuses and elsewhere and the deportations of innocents in the name of fighting “antisemitism.” I subscribe to the NYT’s and am a regular reader of the liberal Israeli paper, Haaretz. It is easier to criticize Israel’s continuing assaults on Gaza in the latter. I have had relevant and civil comments criticizing Israel’s conduct censored by the Times while observing that much harsher criticisms have been published in Haaretz. There have also been large protests in Tel Aviv with photos of Palestinian children killed in Gaza that may well have resulted in suspensions of students or worse if carried out on U.S. campuses. President Kennedy pressed for the registration of AIPAC’s predecessor to register as a foreign lobby organization. U.S. politicians who accept money from the group should have to register as foreign agents. Enough of this outsized, undemocratic influence, and enough of these immoral politicians who have taken over the Democratic Party.