Warren Just Asked Democrats to Shoot the Moon
“If Trump’s presidency is an existential risk, and Medicare for All increases the likelihood of his re-election, then Medicare for All is an existential risk.”
Feeling lucky.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg“Corruption has put our planet at risk. Corruption has broken our economy. And corruption is breaking our democracy,” Senator Elizabeth Warren said at a New York City rally in September. Warren was making the case that President Donald Trump is an existential threat to the American project. Every credible Democratic candidate for president more or less agrees.
But Democrats are not competing against Trump right now. They are competing against one another. The time-honored way of dealing with that is to do all you can to win the primary race, then worry about the general election another day. That appears to be Warren’s tack in adopting a detailed Medicare for All plan. She would publicly finance health care for every American, end private health insurance and quite possibly destroy her chance of winning a general election.