Socialist Kshama Sawant Says AOC's and Progressives' Strategy Isn't Working
Summary
Socialist candidate Kshama Sawant says working-class voters want leaders who challenge the Democratic Party. She criticizes progressive Democrats like Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for cooperating with party leaders instead of pushing harder for change.Key Facts
- Kshama Sawant is running against longtime Democratic Representative Adam Smith in Washington's 9th Congressional District.
- She argues voters are unhappy with both major parties and want more radical left-wing politics.
- Sawant served 10 years on the Seattle City Council as an independent socialist.
- She led efforts to raise Seattle’s minimum wage to $15 in 2013, which later increased to $21.30 an hour linked to inflation.
- Sawant opposed U.S. military aid to Israel and supports higher wages, universal health care, rent control, and taxing the wealthy.
- Despite opposition from big corporations like Amazon, which spent $1.5 million against her, she won reelection multiple times.
- Her grassroots Tax Amazon campaign helped pass a payroll tax on big businesses in Seattle.
- Washington’s top-two primary system lets the two candidates with the most votes move on to the general election, regardless of party.
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