The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, claims that EMILY's list is a hypocritical financial vehicle for Centrist Democrats to support non-progressive candidates in primary elections - even going so far as to initially support pro-life Dan Lipinski over Marie Newman who favors abortion rights. Critics would like to see EMILY's List expand its definition of "women's issues" to include economic issues like a higher minimum wage and expanded Social Security. Others have said that the group simply needs to focus its resources better, staying out of races where there is already an incumbent progressive Democrat and focus on other races instead.