Snapshot · The Ben Shapiro Show
Gavin Newsom signaled openness to Medicare for All, admitting the economics are challenging but framing it as politically inevitable, in a potential leftward shift ahead of a presidential run.
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Former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison is essentially begging the DSA insurgents not to use the Democratic Party as a vehicle: 'If you're on the team, be on the team.' Gavin Newsom is moving left on Medicare for All — an acknowledgment that the progressive center of gravity has shifted — while simultaneously admitting the economics don't work. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro suggests that governing responsibility will moderate the radicals, a prediction that Ben Shapiro dismisses with a historical analogy to Franz von Papen ushering Hitler into office. Gregory Meeks insists this is a 'New York problem' that won't go national. Ben Shapiro's verdict: Democrats will rally behind any Democrat who wins the nomination, including terror-sympathetic candidates like Abdul El-Sayed, whose Blue's Clues campaign ad he plays and lampoons — 'either he's aiming at 6-year-olds or people with the brains of 6-year-olds.'
Mainstream Democrats like Jaime Harrison and Josh Shapiro are trying to contain the DSA takeover, with Gavin Newsom moving left on Medicare for All to survive. Shapiro argues this moderation attempt will fail — pointing to Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, who made a Blue's Clues campaign ad while being openly sympathetic to terrorism.
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