Polis’s veto comes at a time when unions’ approval ratings, now at or exceeding 70 percent, are the highest they’ve been in 60 years. It also comes at a time when many national party leaders are suggesting that a more robust focus on economic issues could help Democrats win back working-class voters. At their stops in Denver and Greeley during their recent “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) featured speeches from union leaders who called on state legislators to pass the act. After the rally, they urged supporters in an email to call Polis and ask him to pledge his support.

We’re at a precipice where we can either go back to FDR style Dems willing to actually fight for the people, or keep this “moderate” shit going and keeping losing to Republicans or “winning” but not getting what we voted for.

Shit apparently had to get this bad to convince people progress isn’t something we need to fight against, it’s something we have to fight for.