WASHINGTON — 'Everybody mispronounces my name,' Rep. Jake Auchincloss said. 'Truly, everybody.'
. But he certainly doesn't talk like it. And as a white guy who has benefited from immense privilege and social capital — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a very distant relative; his father is a prominent doctor who serves as a top deputy to Dr. Anthony Fauci, and his mother is a high-profile medical executive — he may struggle to persuade progressives that he has their best interests at heart.
Auchincloss brands his agenda “costs, crime and classrooms,” an alliterative trio that just happens to cover three political weak spots for the Biden administration. Calling himself a “law-and-order liberal,” Auchincloss criticizes progressive district attorneys who have taken on the mantle of social justice while, according to their critics, ignoring crime. “Rules matter,” he said, and so does enforcing them. “We can’t just be against ‘defund the police.’ We have to proactively go out there and recognize that crime hurts.”
“When Democrats campaign on lowering health care costs, we win elections,” Auchincloss said. He has started a political group that has doled out thousands of dollars in campaign funds to other moderate Democrats, a sure sign of an elected official on the ascent and looking to make friends. He recently hosted a fundraiser for his committee with Reps. Adam Schiff of California and Jared Golden of Maine, influential Democrats who don’t necessarily make time for first-termers from safe districts.
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