John Hanger is calling for Allyson Schwartz to resign her board membership with Third Way:
A commentary in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal caught my attention. Written by the leadership of the centrist think-tank Third Way, the article attacks progressive Democrats such as U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New York City Mayor-elect Bill DeBlasio.
I found these attacks on leading progressive Democrats and progressive policies we believe in to be misguided and unacceptable. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, whom I am running against in the Democratic primary for Governor, is Honorary Co-Chair of Third Way. I think she should resign from the organization’s leadership and disavow her support for their policies.
Today I released the following formal statement on the issue:
Third Way’s attack in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal on Elizabeth Warren, Bill DeBlasio, and other Democrats who are fighting for working people was misguided and unacceptable. Sen. Warren has captured Americans’ imagination and Bill DeBlasio won the mayoralty of New York City because they effectively and unapologetically challenge the political elites and the big money interests just as we are doing in our People’s Campaign for Governor in Pennsylvania. Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz can undermine Third Way’s unacceptable attack on good Democrats and important ideas by resigning as Third Way’s Honorary Co-chair. I hope Congresswoman Schwartz joins my call to strongly disavow and rebuke this right wing attack on Senator Warren, Mayor-elect DeBlasio, and progressive policies.
Hats off to Third Way, and to Liz, et.al. They are making actual political alignments clearer and clearer. So clear that even the MSM “centrist” shills can’t ignore.
It has nothing to do with Dem vs Rethug. It’s about us vs them. I’m sure no one at the Walmart demo I attended Friday gives a flying f**K what Third Way thinks. Or what Chuck (carried interest) Schumer thinks. But they are energized by Liz. By her honesty and clarity of thought and expression.
Too many on the left have missed the forest for the trees. Identity politics, social issues, etc. have consumed their focus, and obfuscated the class war. The defensiveness of Third Way suggests that may be changing.