Democrats need to ‘try to appear moderate’ to win primaries: Joe Concha
A Washington Examiner column argues that Democrats must appear moderate to win primary elections, using Illinois’s 9th congressional District race as a key example. Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss defeated progressive contender Kat Abughazaleh, who was backed by so‑called “Squad” members Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, and who had ties to Media Matters and was recently indicted for impeding federal law enforcement while backing universal healthcare for undocumented migrants. The piece quotes Joe concha, who says Democrats should adopt a moderate pose-similar to Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill in recent races-then shift left once in office. Concha contends that proposals like universal healthcare or free transportation are rejected when voters question how they will be paid for, noting a growing concern about feasibility and cost. The article places these primary results in a broader context, highlighting other Illinois outcomes and discussing tax-cut proposals from Sens. Cory Booker and Chris Van Hollen as part of a strategy to appeal to middle-class voters.
Democrats need to ‘try to appear moderate’ to win primary elections: Joe Concha
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said this week’s primary election results in Illinois show that “so-called reasonable” Democrats are defeating “far-left” candidates.
The Democratic primary election in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District saw Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss prevail over progressive candidate Kat Abughazaleh, despite the latter being backed by Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), commonly known as “Squad” members. Concha cited how Abughazaleh used to work for “the far-left Media Matters” and was recently indicted on a charge of impeding federal law enforcement while backing universal healthcare for all illegal immigrants.
“Look, if Democrats want to win, they have to at least try to appear moderate,” Concha said Thursday on Fox & Friends First. “Call it the Abigail Spanberger-Mikie Sherrill approach that we saw in Virginia and New Jersey during the gubernatorial races last year: Run as a moderate, act like a Republican or at least somebody that’s in the center, and then when you get into office, then go to the far left.”
Concha added that “so-called reasonable” Democrat candidates are winning in these primary elections, even in “far-left districts.” He also emphasized that some candidates’ proposed policies, such as universal healthcare or free buses, are being “rejected” because they are “not ideas that live in reality.”
“People are starting to get onto the fact that, ‘How do you pay for that? Oh, I do,’ and I think that’s starting to resonate,” Concha said.
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Illinois Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton also won her primary election for the Senate on Tuesday. She is expected to win the general election in November.
Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) have both released tax plans in recent weeks that amount to middle-class tax cuts and are marketed as moving families off the tax rolls. Some consider these plans an attempt to win Republican voters.
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