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The Daily

Division Among the Democrats

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

For four years, Democrats had been united behind the mission of defeating President Trump. But after the election of Joe Biden, the party’s disappointing showing in congressional races — losing seats in the House and facing a struggle for even narrow control of the Senate — has exposed the rifts between progressives and moderates. In interviews with The New York Times, House members on each side of that divide — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Representative Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania — shared their views about how the Democrats can win back support in local races. We want to hear from you. Fill out our survey about The Daily and other shows at: nytimes.com/thedailysurvey Guest: Astead W. Herndon, a national political reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: In the wake of Joe Biden’s victory, the divides that have long simmered among Democrats are now beginning to burst into the open.In an interview with The New York Times, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dismissed criticism from House moderates and said the next few weeks would set the tone for how the incoming administration would be received by liberal activists.Representative Conor Lamb told The Times that he expected the Biden team to govern as it had campaigned: with progressives at arm’s length.

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0:32.6

This is a daily.

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Today.

0:42.6

After losing seats in the House of Representatives on Election Day, Democrats are pointing fingers

0:48.9

and debating which wing of their party is at fault.

0:53.8

My colleague, Astead Hunden, spoke to two House members at the center of that debate.

1:03.2

It's Monday, November 16th.

1:08.9

So Astead after Election Night, instead of taking a very well-earned rest, you began pursuing

1:14.9

a really interesting line of reporting inside the Democratic Party.

1:19.5

So tell us about that.

1:22.0

After the election results start to roll in, what you get to see is some real shock results

1:27.6

for the party.

1:28.6

They didn't win seats in the House as they thought they would.

1:31.2

They lost them.

1:32.2

They didn't win some of those key Senate races.

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