This is a common idea that keeps getting repeated by Dore and his acolytes, but it would've required a unified Progressive Caucus and a willingness to burn the bridge with House leadership which means all your bills die in committee or don't get scheduled for a floor vote for years as punishment. It's different in the Senate where every vote counts because of the slim lead so blue dogs can dominate the Democratic side. There were concessions extracted from the leadership on a number of issues during that time, for example student loan forgiveness getting pushed harder and extension of the eviction moratorium. If you look at much of the progressive caucus, they don't have a high bill passage rate anyway because the more conservative elements of the party (who are the majority) usually block them so anyone who attempted that force the vote stunt would've had to know the wrath would've likely been distributed throughout the membership, even among people who voted the way they were expected to.
Dore and others have relied on the fact that most people don't understand the way Congress works to drive clicks and views on their YouTube channels, but I do think their criticism is needed. If people get elected as Leftists, they need to answer why they're not taking more principled stands, even if it requires explaining insider baseball. The "squad" members mostly failed at this and tried to ignore it at first then defaulted to a "you just don't get it" kind of explanation which is probably because you can't go out and say "hey, the guys I'm trying to get to pass life saving legislation would've spiked it out of spite" because that too would've been a bad look. Imo, the fact that the halo has worn off of AOC and others is a good thing. But most of the people who say "see, this is proof they're all corrupt!" Or "I'm never voting again!" Are morons. All they have to do is at least sit and watch The Distinguished Gentleman with Eddie Murphy and they'd be able to figure out the basics.