Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
This type of freshman Dem is exactly what I’m most excited about. New populist Dems who don’t have Washington brain
Axios: The incoming House Democrat already rocking Capitol Hill
Rep.-elect Don Leonard (D-Ohio) hasn't been sworn in yet, but he's making a name for himself on Capitol Hill as one of the most outspoken anti-establishment progressives in the incoming freshman class.
That's an unlikely position for a Democrat who represents a rural Ohio district that President Trump carried by 10 percentage points in 2024.
Leonard is archetypal of a burgeoning breed of swing-district House Democrats — populist in style, receptive to left-wing policies and unbound by traditional political norms — that will be well-represented in the 120th Congress.
axios.com/2026/11/11/don-leo…
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
“Beto lost. But having his name on the ballot got us enough down ballot votes to flip a red house seat in Round Rock. That new representative was a young teacher named James Talarico.”
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Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
Ayanna Pressley hints at a run for Speaker of the House against Hakeem Jeffries
"The people made it clear that they don’t want a Democratic Party that just asserts that they are the adults in the room. They want us to prove that we are the fighters."
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
The disgusting privilege and entitlement from a guy with HALF Trump’s approval rating. Nuke the seniority system and the egos of these pricks squandering the massive democratic energy.
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
ESPN tabs Panthers’ next game as their most important one left in 2026
📸 Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images pantherswire.usatoday.com/st…
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
The Democratic Party needs a new and bold direction. I will not support Chuck Schumer’s reelection as Democratic leader.
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
84% of Democrats, 72% of Independents and a record 66% of the American people support Medicare for All, per Kaiser Family Foundation.
It would be political insanity not to do what the overwhelming majority of the American people want.
“The majority of Democrats did not run on Medicare for All. You think Adam Hamilton got elected in KS by saying he wants to kick everyone off their private insurance?”
We should fight for universal healthcare. Not force a vote on a bill voters don't want.
More from @Lis_Smith:
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
Bernie Sanders made healthcare his life's mission. Naming the act in his honor would be the crowning achievement of a lifetime
Sanders and Schumer have served together in Congress for 36 years, which is amusing to think about. There was an 8 year period where Schumer was in the senate and Bernie in the House, otherwise they’ve been together
Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Dems, says he won’t be supporting Schumer for leader.
Even if he runs unopposed? asked @lindsemcpherson.
“He’s not going to run unopposed, I don’t think,” Sanders said
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
Nothing tells the populist story of this election quite like Troy Jackson showing up in Washington wearing an $89.99 suit off the rack from Target.
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
Say we take Sen. Sanders out of it. Successful Democrats this cycle named villains (specifically billionaires), focused on class over identity and offered bold, simple policy solutions.
That is a strategy the establishment has long resisted and a good model moving forward!
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
but i thought democratic socialism was only a racist white movement?
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
NO
Axios: Rep. Don Davis (R-NC) “is taking a look at” running for Senate in North Carolina against Ted Budd (R) in 2028
Link to article: axios.com/2026/11/10/democra…
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
Poll after poll shows Americans support Medicare for All.
66% - KFF poll
59% - Wall Street Journal poll
60%, including 87% of Democrats - Economist-YouGov poll
It’s time for Democratic leadership to listen to the American people and PASS IT.
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
Anderson Clayton is the best Democratic state party chair in the nation and it’s really not even close. #NCPOL open.substack.com/pub/politi…
Johnny Boy🌹 retweeted
This dude literally has NO reason to be smug and arrogant.
Has literally accomplished NOTHING









































