Adam Smith is a standard democracy – described in 1965, technically after a year of generations, but he is still using an AOL account, which pushes it over the line. He loves reading books about the high risks of democracy: He recently ended an American division after the Civil War and another on how China absorbed the Western world. His parents were from the working class, which is essential to the mortality of himself; He came to himself during the Clinton years, and he did not leave the unfamiliar idea that politicians should talk about hard work and personal responsibility. He certainly opposes the Donald Trump’s agenda, but recently he felt lonely in his party – focusing a lot on identity, evils of capitalism, and concepts such as “settler colonialism” rather than more immediate problems in people’s daily lives. The main difference between Smith and the rest of its kind is that it was in Congress, which represents Washington, for nearly three decades. He was on a long mission to persuade the other members of his party that they needed to change. “This is a project – like four years,” Smith recently told me in his office in the capital. “The new left is a very concerted and well organized effort about a series of policies that have failed completely. It was an attempt to fix it and make people pay attention to it difficult.”
According to Samith, the main problem of Democrats is that they cannot rule. In large progressive cities such as Seattle, part of which lies in the Smith area, “We have a real problem in crime, homelessness, drug use and affordable housing.” Smith said he tried to meet with many local agencies on these problems, but he faced bureaucracy and ideological progress. The power of displacement in the region, based in Seattle, for example, it sometimes has She failed to push her contractors immediatelyThat threatened to remove some non -profit service providers from work. Or another example: Smith referred to the website of the King’s Province’s website that provides alternatives to prison for young people accused of crimes. “This work revolves around removing power from boycotting and returning it to societies – it is a step towards getting rid of the criminal system.” “This work revolves around a retreat from the culture of white excellence, colonialism, Cis-Hetero-Patriachy, and all other forms of repression.” Smith was skeptical: “You will notice in all this complete rejection of personal responsibility, accountability, or consequences for the person who commits criminal acts.” Meanwhile, King’s County brought a person from a company called Bon Fire Consulting, “which I thought was somewhat funny – it seems only to look at you and say:” Give me your money. Smith said: “Yes, I will ignite the fire literally.” “Also, it was a self -specific witch.” Smith also recalls, “in one of her meetings,” a false urgency now “is described as a criticism of the unhealthy culture of work that depends on the deadline. The stock exchange with Smith due to the resonance of the clear phrase: “The extreme urgency now” used by Martin Luther King Junior, in a speech “I have a dream”, to describe the importance of ending the chapter and addressing racial injustice. (The name “King County”, Smith pointed out, honors Mlk) The counselor told me that the echo was unintended.
Smith believes that ideology is the ruling failure driver of Democrats. He also wrote to me recently, from his AOL account, “It seems that many people in these places spend a lot of time to pay an extremist leftist ideology through a language police such as conscience, and what ethnic groups should be called in general and in general re -delivery of everyone Capitalism and all the regular failures of America for 400 years.American cultural revolution“A book by conservative activist Christopher Rovo. In this book, Rovu argues that the leftist intellectuals succeeded in choosing American cultural institutions and spread radical ideas about racial persecution and hierarchical sequence. After reading it, Smith thought,” I am a member of Congress. This man may talk to me. I will find it. ”In late 2023, Rovo and Samith had a magnification call. Smith was persuaded by at least part of Rufu. Diversity, fairness and inclusionOr Dei, which Rovu launched a general campaign to cancel, starts “on a ray, in my opinion, when it means that racism, intolerance, and settler colonialism is a unique jurisdiction of white people,” said Smith. “You do not need to mean that all white people are elected, and that all white people are persecuted.” (Rufu wrote me, “Over the years, I have worked with many moderate Democrats behind the scenes and I am pleased to see that they are now comfortable with moving publicly.”
However, Smith is rushing to distinguish between himself from Rovu. “Here is the problem,” he said. “Racism is something. Women hate something. There is no opportunity for people is something. As a historical issue, our society is distinguished by straight white men. You cannot wake up and go,” well, now everything will be fair. “As a member of the Armed Services Committee in the House of Representatives Smith spoke enthusiastically in front of Congress on how to enhance the diversity of the American army. TrumpThe last executive matter cancels all programs and policies related to diversity, fairness and integration within the federal workforce and government contractors. Smith said: “It is terrible.” “It is just a wide brush that says any kind of communication with disadvantaged societies cannot happen. I think you will miss talented people.”
This is the dilemma of the Democrats like Smith: Although they may suffer from strong objections to the ideological culture on the left, it is also uncomfortable with Trump’s program to destroy it from the right. President Dei blames all kinds of problems in America. Last week, During a press conference After a commercial trip and an army helicopter collided with the Botomac River, killing sixty -seven people, Trump suggested that the efforts of diversity in the federal aviation administration were responsible for the accident. Smith said: “The right wing wants the demon of certain groups of people.” “My frustration is that we are afraid to give it to them, because we cannot judge.” Smith does not agree to the president’s efforts to reduce medical care for sexually transformed children, and he has recently voted against human resources, a draft law to ban sexually athletes from participating in girls’ sports and women. Smith said: “The invoice mainly said that you have to prove your gender to participate in the sports or boys’ sports,” said Smith. “Is this our biggest problem in the world?” Laken Riley, a recent legislation by Trump, which calls for the detention or accused of crimes, including slight violations such as theft. “This is a terrible use of our resources and a terrible policy,” Smith said. “I will not vote for a terrible policy just to make me not support the left.”
However, at the present time, Democrats have no choice but “playing on the other grass,” said Smith. He narrated a recent meeting Progressive Assembly Congress. He said: “We have had a very long and emotional discussion about everything Trump is wrong, and how, as you know, helps billionaires, not ordinary people.” “We have received our message, and we will go to win, right?” In another meeting shortly after the elections, for members of the democratic classification, “everyone was talking about how important we are united – how we could not turn to each other.” Smith does not believe that the offer of unity is sufficient: “As democrats, we have to talk actively about the shortcomings and work to fix it, when we talk a lot about the shortcomings of Donald Trump and criticize it.”
Smith has identified some allies in the House of Representatives – people who are largely compatible with his recipes for the Democratic Party, although they may describe problems differently. He verified the name of Joe Niguzi, from Colorado, noticeable because he is the leader of the Parliament’s minority. (Neguse refused to comment) separately from the damned reality. He said: “There is no current language for how to describe this. “Moderate versus progressive” is incorrect. The “liberal opposite the governor” is incorrect. It is, like, are you for people, or are you for the sake of the two mechanisms? I would like to put the people you are talking about, and those who focus on these ivory problems, in this pituitary category. “He believes that the way forward is” national populism. “People want to belong and feel that they are part of something they can be proud of, and greater than themselves. We haven’t increased this to voters. “The country’s love and patriotism should be a large part of the party’s future.”
Then there Richie TorresFrom Bronx. He told me: “I represent an area with an overwhelming majority of Latin and Americans of African origin.” “I had no approach consisting before and I say,“ A member of Congress, my maximum priority is diversity, stocks or inclusion, or critical race theory, sustainability and environmental judgment. ”He added:“ I personally support all these programs, but my point is that I do not I think Democrats should run on mysterious shortcuts of three letters that mean different things for different people. We must pass by reducing costs, lowering crime rates, and making government work for workers. “
