Political analyst Tezlyn Figaro discusses economic policy, Biden’s free community college plan on ‘FOX & Friends Weekend.’
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Rachel
thank you Griff
socialism may be a growing trend
on the far left. It is not
gaining popularity among
everyday Americans.
A new poll shows only eleven percent of
voters would choose socialism
over capitalism.
Seventy five percent of Americans say capitalism
is still king
joining me is political analyst
former Bernie Sanders campaign
director for social Justice,
Tezlyn Figueroa.
What do you say is the message
for socialism not resonating the
way your old boss Bernie
Sanders around AOC would
what I say Rachel, I dont
believe pollsters
pollsters completely jumped out
of the Georgia race.
They consistently got it wrong.
Over and over
pollsters depend who youre
asking
the guardian posted a poll that
more people wanted socialism
than capitalism
bottom line. We have to look
actually what we know.
We know voters selected
Joe Biden, who was not a
socialist
when people had the opportunity
to select Bernie Sanders around
him Medicare for all policies,
they decided to go with Joe
Biden.
There is debate that is really
true or if the system is rigged.
The bottom line we can see folks
are in the middle as moderate
voters, but the country is still
very deeply divided.
The left will continue to push
socialism type policies like
Medicare for all.
They will continue to say
majority of folks want
Medicare for all,
yet I dont see them voting at
the voting booth.
This comes down to who youre
putting in office
what theyre pushing policies.
What we can see is a moderate
and his name is Joe Biden.
Rachel lets move to another
topic.
Joe Biden doubled down on his
pledge for tuition free for
tuition free for community
colleges, public schools,
universities.
What do you think about that?
I think it is kind of putting
the cost issue rising cost of
college on the backburner. Just
talking about who will pay for
it.
Is this a winning message for
the Democrats?
If democrats want to win, it
is
every democrat candidate that
stood on the stage had some type
of plan to relief people of
college debt.
These are, this is about
Joe Biden actually doing what he
promised
the same way trump voters to do
what he did in office. Democrats
have the same right, Joe Biden, to
do what was promised
one of the campaign promises to
relief college debt, offer free
college, community college or
some type of community college
free for the voters,
so the at end
Day Democrats have the right to
expect the same.
We insist on him doing exactly
what he said. He is going to do
not only double down triple
down.
Republicans dont want to hear
this morning
if you dont, like it run in
two thousand and twenty two
there is year coming up called
two thousand and twenty four
you get Republicans back in
office
between now and then Joe Biden
should be pushing policies. That
Democrats demand
Rachel Well fair enough.
Elections do have consequences.
Tezlyn,
thats, right,
Rachel well see
as a parent who is paying for
college right now, I think
addressing the cost would be
more effective. You know that is
debate for another day.
Thanks for joining us, giving us.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-27.