Seeing their chance and taking it, various socialists, communists, hard leftists, and other human flotsam are pressuring Joe Biden to take an overt socialist stand in the election campaign. So far he has, at least publicly, said no. Now DC rumor has it these groups, including Black Lives Matter and Antifa, are threatening to riot more violently under a Biden administration than they have so far if the former veep doesn’t tack hard to port. They made their demands known Thursday.

Politico reports, “Black Lives Matter leaders, organized labor, progressive groups and members of the House Democratic ‘Squad’ are unveiling a 2021 agenda Thursday, laying down markers for how big a Joe Biden administration could go on coronavirus aid, economic relief and more next year. Known as the Working Families Party’s ‘People’s Charter,’ the 1,000-word proposal calls for universal free health care, a jobs program employing 16 million people, retroactive hazard pay for essential employees and the reallocation of resources from policing toward education and other services. It also promotes giving the public an ownership stake in firms that receive bailouts, as well as buying out gas and oil companies, among other policies. Eight members of Congress, including prominent progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, are backing the program. A handful of likely incoming House freshmen, along with the Service Employees International Union, Electoral Justice Project of the Movement for Black Lives and climate advocacy group Sunrise Movement, are also on board.” Some leftists are not happy at all with Biden.

I have to admit that I am feeling exhausted and demoralized by the number of liberal friends and family members who have called me priveledged and arrogant etc for my criticisms of Biden's lack of any recongnizable progressive (life saving) agenda. I am litterally getting sick.

— The Lorax hates Joe Biden (@toddjersey) October 8, 2020

 

“There is no doubt we need to evict Donald Trump and immediately begin the work of repairing and rebuilding stronger,” said Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-MA, “Our country is facing overlapping crises of public health, economic inequality and systemic racism. The People’s Charter offers a pathway to work together toward healing and justice for everyone.”

“It’s putting a stake in the ground that we believe Joe Biden can become a New Deal 2.0 president,” said Rep. Ro Khanna, D-CA. “He has talked about the crisis that Roosevelt faced. He has talked about wanting to have a new New Deal for the 21st century. That should be the direction he goes instead of the incrementalism of the ’90s.”

“We endorsed Elizabeth Warren and then we endorsed Bernie Sanders, so it’s not surprising that our party and our base have some policy differences with Joe Biden,” said left wing propagandist Moe Mitchell. “People, in order to be enthusiastic about voting, need to vote for something — and the People’s Charter provides folks with something that is outside of candidates’ politics to vote for. It also sets up conditions postelection to articulate that this election was a referendum on this agenda.”

Biden faces a choice. Hold on to whatever shreds of dignity he has left, or completely capitulate to the socialist mob. Many are not confident he has the strength to make the right decision.

This piece was written by David Kamioner on October 10, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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