Morning Jolt: Why American Socialists Are Thrilled about Mexico’s New President

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

June 04 2024

Why American Socialists Are Thrilled about Mexico's New President

On the menu today: My guess is you haven't heard much about Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and to the extent you have seen U.S. coverage of Mexico's election results, it has been "yas queen!" cheerleading for Mexico's first female, and Jewish, president. But life for the average Mexican has gotten worse in the past six years or so under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Maybe the economy has done okay and trade has picked up, but the violence of the cartels is as bad as ever, and AMLO has been steadily picking away at the checks and balances within the Mexican government and expanding the power of the presidency. Right now, it looks like Sheinbaum will keep moving in the same direction, perhaps becoming a de facto puppet of AMLO. American socialists are thrilled at the landslide victory of a leftist populist scientist — and the happier the self-professed socialists are, the worse the road ahead appears.

Meet Mexico's Next President, Claudia Sheinbaum

Americans spend a lot of time discussing, and being angry, about the situation at our border with Mexico, but comparably little time discussing what's going ...

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