Meeting to Resist Trump Reveals Rift Between Progressive, Moderate Democrats

The organizers pushed back against calls to blame the progressive movement for Harris’s loss to Trump.

Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris listen to her concession speech at Howard University in Washington on Nov. 6, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A coalition of progressive Democrats met in a virtual call on Nov. 7 to discuss their plans of revamping the Democratic Party in the coming years after the party’s presidential election loss to former President Donald Trump.

Titled “Making Meaning of the Moment,” the virtual call invited listeners to organize community events for political action and take part in a multiyear, four-step plan to increase the Democratic Party’s broader coalition to win back Congress.