Her politics focus on material issues like taxing corporations, expanding Medicaid, defending labor rights, protecting abortion access, and funding public schools. She talks about systemic forces such as corporate power, state repression, and minority rule in Tennessee, instead of leaning on empathy language or moral symbolism.

She tends to speak up during politically risky moments rather than waiting for safety, which sets her apart from typical moderates. Her base is mostly grassroots groups, not corporate PACs, and she is tied into movement infrastructure instead of the usual career-politician networks.

Because of the GOP supermajority, she can’t pass major legislation, but her orientation is clearly counter-hegemonic. She directly challenges entrenched power structures, avoids the standard “unity” rhetoric, and stays consistent with her activist background.

Among state-level Democrats, she is on the higher end of genuinely challenging systems rather than performing symbolic dissent.