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'''Force the vote''' was a failed attempt by [[United States of America|US]] activists to "force a vote" on [[Medicare for All]] by urging [[The Squad (United States Congress)|The Squad]] to withhold their confirmation vote for Speaker Nancy Pelosi as leverage.<ref>{{Web citation|title=Force the Vote: Medicare for All|url=https://www.laprogressive.com/political-issues/force-the-vote|author=William J. Astore|date=2020-12-20|newspaper=LA Progressive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614221427/https://www.laprogressive.com/political-issues/force-the-vote|archive-date=2022-06-14|retrieved-date=2022-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|title=Force the Vote: The churn within the Democratic Party, the ‘Fraud Squad’ and the plank for ‘Medicare for All’ that appears abandoned|date=2021-01-18|url=https://www.opindia.com/2021/01/force-the-vote-aoc-democratic-party-jimmy-dore-medicare-for-all/|author=brakoo|newspaper=Opindia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920033057/https://www.opindia.com/2021/01/force-the-vote-aoc-democratic-party-jimmy-dore-medicare-for-all/|archive-date=2021-09-20}}</ref>
'''Force the vote''' was a failed attempt by [[United States of America|US]] activists to "force a vote" on [[Medicare for All]] by urging [[The Squad (United States Congress)|The Squad]] to withhold their confirmation vote for Speaker Nancy Pelosi as leverage.<ref>{{Web citation|title=Force the Vote: Medicare for All|url=https://www.laprogressive.com/political-issues/force-the-vote|author=William J. Astore|date=2020-12-20|newspaper=LA Progressive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614221427/https://www.laprogressive.com/political-issues/force-the-vote|archive-date=2022-06-14|retrieved-date=2022-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|title=Force the Vote: The churn within the Democratic Party, the ‘Fraud Squad’ and the plank for ‘Medicare for All’ that appears abandoned|date=2021-01-18|url=https://www.opindia.com/2021/01/force-the-vote-aoc-democratic-party-jimmy-dore-medicare-for-all/|author=brakoo|newspaper=Opindia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920033057/https://www.opindia.com/2021/01/force-the-vote-aoc-democratic-party-jimmy-dore-medicare-for-all/|archive-date=2021-09-20}}</ref>


The purpose of the vote would've been to expose which so-called "progressives" aren't willing to stand up for polciies that would actually help the [[Proletariat|working class]] of the United States.  
The purpose of the vote would've been to expose which so-called "progressives" aren't willing to stand up for policies that would actually help the [[Proletariat|working class]] of the United States.  


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 22:19, 14 June 2022

Force the vote was a failed attempt by US activists to "force a vote" on Medicare for All by urging The Squad to withhold their confirmation vote for Speaker Nancy Pelosi as leverage.[1][2]

The purpose of the vote would've been to expose which so-called "progressives" aren't willing to stand up for policies that would actually help the working class of the United States.

References

  1. William J. Astore (2020-12-20). "Force the Vote: Medicare for All" LA Progressive. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14.
  2. brakoo (2021-01-18). "Force the Vote: The churn within the Democratic Party, the ‘Fraud Squad’ and the plank for ‘Medicare for All’ that appears abandoned" Opindia. Archived from the original on 2021-09-20.