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"Harris: Progressives
shouldn't apply purity tests to Dems
The progressive left
should not apply ideological purity tests to Democratic senators who
face tough re-election campaigns in 2018 in states President Donald
Trump won handily last year, says Sen. Kamala Harris.
"We need those
numbers," the California Democrat told David Axelrod on "The
Axe Files," a podcast from the University of Chicago Institute
of Politics and CNN.
Harris vowed to campaign
for her red-state colleagues -- even if they stray from Democratic
orthodoxy on some issues -- and called for the party to unite in
order to beat back Trump's policy priorities.
"We're talking about
five Democrats who are going to be running in 2018 in states where
Trump won by almost double digits," Harris said. "I just
don't think it's a zero-sum game, and that's my point."
Harris urged pragmatism
and cautioned the party's rank-and-file against weakening the
Democrats' ability to serve as a check on the Trump White House.
"It's a practical,
real question that we're all going to have to answer, which is what
do we want?" Harris said. "For those Democrats who are
running in those states, do we want that they will be there at the
end of the day? Or are we willing to let them go?" … “
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