"This is why you've all been shouting slogans for decades but can't even pass a single decent healthcare bill."
"You're always begging."
"You're always begging the Establishment figures who hold real power to show mercy and toss you a few table scraps. You're always searching the cracks in the rules for so-called sympathizers, hoping to leverage some meager personal connection to bring about massive change."
Leo's voice rose, the anger he'd been suppressing the entire way here finally finding an outlet.
"Pittsburgh is our showcase! You said it yourself—it's the hope for the Progressives' ideals in the Rust Belt!"
"Now, that showcase is being torn to shreds by those bastards in Harrisburg and Philadelphia. They want to raze it to the ground! They want to make a fool out of me, and they want to make an even bigger fool out of you!"
