Progressives have hid behind labels for decades....since the "Great FDR ****"...he wouldn't leave either once he got into power. Luckily Truman shoved the "New Deal" up FDR's *** when they put him in the ground.
Liberals and progressives have nothing in common other than a stolen label.....progressives historically are more closely related to the Adolph Hitler's National Socialist movement....but they have moved toward a hybrid Oligarch/Monarchy style of governance.
They won't leave and feel entitled to their positions...entitled to pass that position down in the family. Wealth, power and position go to a small group of crony elite....none subject to law.
As in Medieval times they had complete access to your lives, your women and your children...you are allowed a choice...submit or forfeit your everything...
Now, they still have access to "yours" and you are still allowed a choice...submit or a taxpayer funded relentless public beating by those in charge of the State...basically a "Political Persecution"...until you either submit or lose your everything...
They like FDR won't leave....they've rigged the system...they dispense the justice....they have "educated the children"
“Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.” — Wilma Mankiller