Democrat Congresswoman Sharice Davids Flip Flops on Medicare for All, Upsetting Liberals

Sharice Davids is facing heat from liberals and campaign volunteers back at home for flip-flopping on Medicare for All.

• Progressive campaign volunteer Judy Snyder on Davids’ stance: “Frustrated and disappointed”

• “Her stance on Medicare-for-all has roused the most outrage among liberals in her district. Many of them backed her in the November election only after supporting another Democrat in the 2018 primary – Brent Welder, who framed his candidacy around the issue before losing to Davids by 3 percentage points in a six-way race.”

• Progressive organizer Angelica Wilcox: “My representative clearly isn’t getting our message that this issue is important to us,” Wilcox said, later adding: “I would not be able to support Sharice in 2020 if she has not yet come out strongly in favor of… Medicare-for-all. I would welcome a primary opponent much further to her left.”

During her 2018 primary against Brent Welder, who based his campaign on Medicare for All, Davids announced support for Medicare for All in a June appearance.

• VIDEO: “I’m supportive of a Medicare For All, single payer system”

Davids previously faced backlash from progressives stemming from a March town hall where she refused to endorse the Green New Deal and started to backpedal on her Medicare for All primary campaign stance.

Davids defeated Welder by only three points in the primary. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez both campaigned on behalf of Welder.