‘Yes We Can’: Ilhan Omar Claims Progressives Can Force Biden To Make Concessions on Policies

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) says Democrats’ slim majority in the House, and possibly a 50-50 split in the Senate, will give progressive lawmakers more leverage to force President-elect Joe Biden to make concessions to them on policies.

Omar re-tweeted a user who shared an article that said Biden was “unlikely” to cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt with an executive order.

The user said, “‘We’ll be able to push Biden left!!’ yeah ok…”

However, Omar commented, “Yes we can, with a slim Dem majority in the next Congress, anything can be possible.”

“It will literally take five courageous progressives members to get concessions on progressive policies,” she added.

Progressives have reportedly been frustrated by Biden’s picks to lead his cabinet agencies and what they see as a lack of representation of their ideology among his nominees.

They have also been pushing for Biden to issue an executive order that would cancel student loan debt. While the president-elect has appeared receptive to the idea of eliminating student debt, his aides say he believes Congress would need to pass legislation to do that.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has also