Nat Journal: Dems shy away from BBB

National Journal reports Democrat candidates have “shied away from campaigning on their party’s signature spending bill,” Build Back Better.

Why?

Because these candidates know any Democrat in a competitive race who supported this socialist garbage will lose!

In case you missed it…

Build Back Bitter

National Journal

Kirk Bado

January 12, 2022

https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/716176/build-back-bitter/

Frustrations with the Biden administration’s legislative malaise have trickled down to Democratic candidates, who have shied away from campaigning on their party’s signature spending bill, despite party leaders touting Biden’s agenda as the key to defending their narrow majorities.

DCCC Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney told us in November that enacting President Biden’s programs, including Build Back Better, was a key tenet of his three-pronged strategy to retain the majority next year. Democrats’ pivot to voting rights legislation and away from Build Back Better has robbed their candidates of one of the few weapons they have in what increasingly looks like a difficult national environment.

Democratic strategists who spoke to National Journal said that part of the candidates’ reluctance to highlight Build Back Better boils down to simply not knowing what’s in the bill.

The House might have passed their version last year, but that is far from the final version that the Senate will take up—if they ever do. Sure, candidates can tout the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the American Rescue Plan, but their inability to pass the popular programs in Build Back Better after months of bickering only reinforces a narrative that Democrats are consumed by infighting.

Democrats are clamoring for something to take back to their voters. As Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI 05), who faces his own tough reelection campaign thanks to redistricting, said yesterday, “We’re gonna build back something!”