I'm not covering the half of it. The only way's in which she's slightly progressive is like "I favor gay marriage" kind of progressive. In other words- she's much closer to Joe Manchin or Michael Bloomberg- conservative Dem/ liberal Republican. NOT close to "moderate progressive".

❗️Consistently been opposed by major DC unions except police
❗️Every advocate in the city- even moderate ones- know she's approached the job from an "in crowd" and "out crowd" perspective and very vindictive to anyone who crosses her even once
❗️CRAZY cold and hostile to press

❗️Has opposed almost EVERY SINGLE PROGRESSIVE ballot initiative from tipped minimum wage to ranked choice voting.
❗️Sides with Trump and allowed federal forces to terrorize our neighbors, kidnap residents.

❗️On housing policy while she's built more affordable housing she has been hostile to Emergency Rental Assistant programs, deeply corrupt administration of housing, consistently sided with landlords and slumlords over tenants

❗️Consistently in favor of more policing and policies that criminalize youth- curfews, SRO expansions etc...
❗️Has fought against attempts to build more stable and equitable school funding, ignored teacher turnover, cut child care pay equity program and undermined its funding

❗️Has opposed every progressive tax policy proposal, always argues we don't need to raise more revenue and stacked the tax revision commission with wealthy elites who oppose progressive taxation.
❗️Has described herself as in the mold of Bloomberg/ Liberal Republican/ 3rd way Dem

❗️She fundamentally believes in trickle down economics- her whole "growth agenda" is to put more money into the hands of the wealth, businesses and revitalize neighborhoods hoping it resolves crime, helps poor. This is conservative economics, not "moderate progressive"

❗️Bowser fought hard against PFL- almost every Dem nationally supports this- it's a moderate
❗️Every year she slashes safety net programs vast maj. of even moderate Dems nationwide support in her budget, council tries to restore them! (child tax credit, health alliance, etc..)

At last weeks hearing on the curfew, many orgs who work every day to provided safer joyful alter gauges for youth say the city has cut their funding in recent years. Young people testified the curfews make them less safe. We’re not listening and we’re not acting to ACTUALLY solve the problem.

Also- for many young people home is not safe nor are their neighborhoods. When we say ALL youth cannot be in relatively safer area for them to hang out like u street or navy yard- we’re subjecting many of them to more violence.

People want to say- “but we can do both”- address root cause and use curfews as an immediate answer. But we’re not. Last years DC budget cut child tax credit, cut Medicaid. Universal Out of School time programming bill couldn’t even get a markup while curfews get emergency legislation within days!