Having ceded much cultural and policy ground to Trump, the party now seems to be looking to elevate not just its most conservative members, but also its most vulgar, cruel and combative ones.
When a factory closes 100 jobs, it kills 844 total. Every manufacturing job creates 7.4 additional jobs—machine shops, truckers, diners, suppliers. Simply put, losing jobs in manufacturing has a massive ripple effect that extends far beyond the immediate layoffs, affecting entire communities and industries.
I am deeply concerned that the recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran could quickly pull the United States into another endless conflict, Kaine told NBC News.
"Affordability, affordability, affordability. That is the No. 1 issue," Jolly said, highlighting that the high cost of living is his campaign's central theme.
"The Democratic Party can make a dual endorsement if the Central Committee doesn't have a sufficiently high consensus for a sole endorsement," Bill James, chair of the Santa Clara County Democratic Party, told San José Spotlight.
In 2022, Gluesenkamp Perez's first win shocked the political world. A young mother, auto-shop owner and Latina from rural Skamania County with little political support managed to win an open seat.
"We cannot give up on any part of this country, including here in Florida. There's an opportunity right now because what we're seeing around the country is a huge backlash to what this administration is doing, the pain and the anguish that were inflicted upon the American people."