Promise to America in the News
Judging Johnson and Jeffries
Jake Sherman, Punchbowl News
The moderate-progressive split among Democrats is growing worse, a divide that Jeffries has to navigate every day. A group of 15 moderate Democratic candidates and incumbents has signed onto “The Promise to America,” a pledge meant to unite centrists and promote capitalism over socialism.
Moderate Democrats Launch ‘Promise to America’ Pledge Backing Capitalism, Strong Borders and Patriotism
Reuven Rosenfeld, VIN News
Thirteen moderate Democrats are banding together to counter the influence of democratic socialists in their party, signing onto a new “Promise to America” initiative that endorses capitalism over socialism, strong borders, public safety and pride in the United States.
Moderates strike back
Max Cohen, Punchbowl News
Fifteen House Democratic members and candidates are signing onto the Promise to America, a pledge meant to unite centrists and promote capitalism over socialism. Among the signers: Reps. Tom Suozzi (N.Y.), Adam Gray (Calif.), Janelle Bynum (Ore.), Kristen McDonald Rivet (Mich.), Susie Lee (Nev.), Maggie Goodlander (N.H.), Josh Gottheimer (N.J.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Don Davis (N.C.), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), and congressional candidates Killin, Marlene Galan Woods and Bobby Pulido.
After wins by democratic socialists, centrist Democrats unite to push back
Matthew Choi, The Washington Post
Killin is one of the 13 who signed on to the “Promise to America” initiative that commits candidates to a set of centrist principles, including capitalism, fiscal discipline, strong borders and pride in the United States. The group says centrist Democrats need to assert their own vision for the party as forcefully and effectively as the left.
Democrats Eyeing GOP Seats Say Anti-Trump Message Will Backfire
Mica Soellner, Bloomberg Government
Democrats running in the reddest districts on this cycle’s map are warning their party not to blow a rare pickup opportunity by turning the midterms into a referendum on President Donald Trump.
The origins of horseshoe politics
Matt Yglesias, Slow Boring
At WelcomeFest earlier this week, I was pleased to moderate a panel with Representatives Adam Gray and Tom Suozzi — the only two House Democrats to have flipped Trump districts in 2024 — where they unveiled the Promise to America, which is a kind of moderate Democrat manifesto.
Centrist Democrats launch new pledge: ‘We are capitalist, not socialist’
Hannah Knowles, Washington Post
Two Democrats in Congress who flipped Republican-held seats in 2024 are launching a pledge for their party’s candidates they hope will act as a rallying cry for centrists, calling for a “politics of persuasion over purity” and declaring that “we are capitalist, not socialist.”