Jimmy Dore Rips "Feckless" Progressive Leadership
The progressive YouTube show "The Jimmy Dore Show" has been lighting a fire under the Sanders campaign in retribution for what he called "feckless leadership" in Bernie Sander's presidential campaign, and fight (or lack thereof) for workers in the Coronavirus stimulus bill passed unanimously by the Senate last week. He criticized both Sanders, and freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for rolling over for establishment Democrats and not fighting hard enough for working Americans.
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Dore has never had any scruples about excoriating the progressive presidential candidate, occasionally referring to Sanders as a "sheepdog for the Democratic Party", and criticizing Sanders' obsequious relationship with party leadership and the mainstream press. Although Dore and his co-host, Steph Zamorano, have pummelled congressional progressive leadership over weaknesses and malfeasance, the show has been a historical ally of the Sanders campaign, and the