The American people are sick of Democrats afraid to take bold stances on the issues that matter most.
More than 70 percent of Americans want a Medicare-for-all-type universal healthcare system.
They see climate change's ravages and yearn for an infrastructure that will protect them it.
They want the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes.
They want to ensure the minimum wage is a living wage.
They want to an end to racist mass incarceration and policing practices.
They support free tuition at public colleges and universities.
They want--no, they need--a student debt jubilee.
They want to protect Social Security.
They want to bring our jobs back from corporate avarice responsible for shipping them to low-wage countries.
They hate having to pay more than any other other developed nation for prescription drugs.
This is why so many genuine progressives who threw their hats into the political ring after Sen. Bernie Sanders' inspirational 2016 bid for the White House have unseated entrenched establishment Democrats.
Some of those progressives, like "The Squad"-New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley-mopped the floor with their opponents again this year.
It's why former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman trounced 16-term incumbent Eliot Engel.
It's why activist Cori Bush will become Missouri's first Black congresswoman.
As the 2018 mid-term elections indicated, Democrats win when they go bold.
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