Warren says Democrats didn’t go far enough on Obamacare
WASHINGTON — Compromises made during passage of the Affordable Care Act and the 2009 economic stimulus package left Democrats with insufficient bragging points for the 2016 presidential contest, Senator Elizabeth Warren told a group of liberal political contributors during a closed-door meeting Monday, according to two people in attendance.
Democrats need to do a better job showing voters that they are fighting for the “little guy,” Warren told the private group, called the Democracy Alliance, which met in Washington to dissect Democratic failures after Republican Donald Trump’s surprise victory last week.
Falling short on a massive health care expansion, and passage of an economic stimulus that was not as robust as many liberals wanted, hurt Democrats’ efforts to win support from voters harmed by the 2008 economic crash, she asserted, according to the two sources.
Warren’s remarks were made in the larger context of seeking to rally Democrats, and the progressives supporting them, to fight harder for policy wins in the economic sphere, the two people said.
Her comments come at a crucial time for the Democratic Party, as leaders and rank-and-file members are struggling on how to chart the best course through the next few years when the White House and both chambers of Congress will be controlled by the Republican Party.
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