The High-Water Mark of Biden-Era Progressivism

Two notable acts of Democratic defiance signal a change.

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Left: Sen. Joe Manchin at a Capitol Hill press conference in 2020. Right: San Francisco Mayor London Breed at the California Democratic Convention in 2019.

Kevin Lamarque, Stephen Lam/Reuters

Joe Manchin and London Breed have nothing in common.

One is an old-school Democratic senator from West Virginia, surviving and thriving in an increasingly red state; the other is the progressive mayor of San Francisco, a city that is a byword for cutting-edge left-wing politics.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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