EPTOn June 27 2026 23:15 GreenHorizons wrote:
"Centrist" Democrats want people to sign their "Promise to America"
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Moderate dems and establishment dems got shellacked in the NY primaries, so they're trying to get a news cycle back."Centrist" Democrats want people to sign their "Promise to America"
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A group of Democrats have rebuked the party’s most progressive wing, signing onto a new centrist initiative called “Promise to America” which vows to “reject” socialism and back strong borders, capitalism, and patriotism.
The victories of the Mamdani-backed congressional candidates in their New York primaries this week has highlighted the ongoing tension within the Democratic Party over its identity and future as it prepares for the November midterms.
The party has always contained different wings pulling it towards different directions. But the success of Mamdani’s own mayoral campaign, and the resounding victories of progressive candidates Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and Micah Lasher in Tuesday’s New York primaries, are sending home the message that Democratic voters are willing to embrace bolder, more vocal left-wing representatives and move the party leftward.
“Our movement is growing because working people are fed up with the high cost of rent and groceries and medical bills. They know we deserve good union jobs, affordable rent, dignified lives. They’re ready to try something else—socialism,” the Democratic Socialist of America wrote on social media this week.
The Democratic Socialist of America have already hit back at the group, writing on X that the fifteen Democrats who have signed onto the new centrist initiative have cumulatively “raked in a whopping $10,088,996 from the Israel lobby. Nothing moderate about that.”
Israel—and the country’s attacks on Gaza—have proven one of the most divisive issues within the Democratic Party and an increasingly sensitive issue for candidates.
“Should we tally up their Big Tech donations next?,” the group added on social media, threatening to expose more connection between Promise to America and donors which can prove controversial for Democratic voters.
The victories of the Mamdani-backed congressional candidates in their New York primaries this week has highlighted the ongoing tension within the Democratic Party over its identity and future as it prepares for the November midterms.
The party has always contained different wings pulling it towards different directions. But the success of Mamdani’s own mayoral campaign, and the resounding victories of progressive candidates Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and Micah Lasher in Tuesday’s New York primaries, are sending home the message that Democratic voters are willing to embrace bolder, more vocal left-wing representatives and move the party leftward.
“Our movement is growing because working people are fed up with the high cost of rent and groceries and medical bills. They know we deserve good union jobs, affordable rent, dignified lives. They’re ready to try something else—socialism,” the Democratic Socialist of America wrote on social media this week.
The Democratic Socialist of America have already hit back at the group, writing on X that the fifteen Democrats who have signed onto the new centrist initiative have cumulatively “raked in a whopping $10,088,996 from the Israel lobby. Nothing moderate about that.”
Israel—and the country’s attacks on Gaza—have proven one of the most divisive issues within the Democratic Party and an increasingly sensitive issue for candidates.
“Should we tally up their Big Tech donations next?,” the group added on social media, threatening to expose more connection between Promise to America and donors which can prove controversial for Democratic voters.
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