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Remember, Democrats: Business isn't the enemy
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Republicans are following the Pied Piper of Mar-a-Lago down a twisted trail of sedition and anti-democratic extremism. That’s weakening the party’s historically strong bond with U.S. business leaders, who are appalled by former President Trump’s delusional bid to void the 2020 election, as well as a concerted push by red state officials to make it harder to vote, get a legal abortion or protect school children from unvaccinated adults.

In Texas, for example, leading local corporations such as American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are flouting Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order banning private companies from requiring their workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, while iconic Georgia firms such as Coca Cola and Delta Airlines condemned the Republican legislature’s passage of a severely restrictive voting law last Spring.

The growing rift between business and a Trumpified GOP marinating in grievance and paranoia should be opening doors for Democrats. But they’ve got a business problem of their own, namely the high media profile of leftwing activists who are reflexively hostile to our largest and most successful companies.

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Yahoo! News: Why it’s important for Democrats to fully pay for the reconciliation bill ([link removed]) | 10.20.21

“I think for too long, there was really this focus on the $3.5 trillion bill that was originally proposed that couldn't pass. And we were sort of the first ones when that became clear that it couldn't happen that laid out a clear vision for a more focused package, what it could look like, and what you could fit within it," said Center for Funding America's Future Director Ben Ritz.

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The Washington Post: Biden abruptly accelerates his involvement in agenda talks ([link removed]) | 10.20.21

"The world has grown skeptical of U.S. climate commitments, given our rather schizophrenic history,” said Paul Bledsoe, who served on the White House Climate Change Task Force under President Bill Clinton. “Other governments and industries overseas are very sophisticated — they understand the U.S. system, and they understand that legislation is more lasting than regulation.”

Financial Times: ([link removed]) Methane leak near COP26 venue underscores emissions challenge ([link removed]) | 10.22.21

“The methane pledge may be the single most important avenue for progress at Glasgow,” said Paul Bledsoe, a climate adviser under former US president Bill Clinton now at the Progressive Policy Institute think-tank.

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“This shouldn’t be viewed as unexpected,” said Paul Bledsoe, a strategic adviser with the Progressive Policy Institute. “We knew that the CEPP was going to be a hard sell in the Senate for a variety of reasons.”

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