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Moderate Democrats are not moderates Guy Ciarrocchi August 27, 2025 August 26, 2025
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The tallest of Snow White’s dwarfs is not tall. The cheapest Tesla is not “cheap.” And, moderate Democrats are not “moderates.” Not by any standard of what we used to mean by moderate.
Pennsylvania’s two leading Democrats — Governor Josh Shapiro and Senator John Fetterman — underscore it. Even if one believes they say moderate things, compared to their fellow Democrats , their votes and records prove they’re not moderates .
Any attempt to label them moderates is an attempt not only to mask their progressive views, it papers over the reality that today’s Democrat