Khizr Khan, the father of a slain Muslim Army captain who gained national attention by pointedly criticizing former President Donald Trump during the Democratic National Convention in 2016, announced in an exclusive interview with NBC News that he is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign and plans to act as a campaign surrogate for her.
In 2016, Khan denounced Trump’s treatment of Muslims and other minorities while holding a pocket-sized U.S. Constitution and challenging Trump to read the document. In his interview with NBC News on Saturday, Khan said Trump has “gotten worse” and that he fears the former president will become a dictator and end democracy as Americans know it.
First go check VB’s post history. Some of the criticism is well deserved.
Second, depending on the framing and audience, Democrats absolutely are the left. If you are in heavily socialist places that claim will rightfully get you laughed at. Since we defined it as capitalist vs not. And any type of liberal is staunchly unwaveringly capitalist to a fault. But outside that you’re just talking past people to score points.
Are Democrats progressive? Absolutely. Like a snail is speedy. But snails still get around. It isn’t satisfactory to myself or a lot of others. But it’s nothing to disregard. They’ll eventually get to the right answer after they’ve tried every other option. But they CAN get there unlike Republicans. And we CAN speed it up with cooperation and solidarity where it makes sense.
No Democrats aren’t moving right. If you define right as capitalist there’s nothing right of economic-liberalism/liberals or neoliberals/neoconservatives. Are they wavering somewhat rudderless on social issues trying to check what direction political winds might be blowing to find support? Absolutely. But they still, after far too long, did eventually bring about equal marriage rights for gay couples. And while it’s far from perfect they do provide understanding and support in general to trans groups. They absolutely need to do more and to do better. But they can be worked with and reasoned with. Perhaps just not trusted.
