Pittsburgh Dems Endorse Trump Supporter Fails To Back African American Incumbent

[Pryderi]

https://www.pittsburghcurrent.com/allegheny-county-democratic-committee-endorses-trump-supporter-fails-to-back-african-american-incumbent/

In a post from December 30, 2015 Kass writes verbatim: “As I have said before I hate Obamacare. This shit I have to pay freakn 5,500.00 a year on top of my husbands freaking monthly payment to the health plan is bullshit.. These lazy no good idiots sucking the system dry and I still have to pay for them. Get a freaking job….(Not Apply to All) It is people who know how to work the system I am sick of. Plus Generation family on welfare that is problem… I work my A$$ off just like my husband and both of my kids and we have to pay for this crap. So Done!!!!! Go Trump!!!!!!!!!! If you don’t like my post too bad it is my opinion.”

In 2014, Kass shared a post from the ultra-conservative think tank FreedomWorks, that urges,, “Stop Hillary.”

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1. Hoping this Dem challenger-Benham-- can get out the vote for her.........

..............“As we’ve seen in past elections, the county Democratic Committee endorsement doesn’t always represent the views of the electorate,” Benham says. “We’ve witnessed that in the past few election cycles. Today’s result is not at all reflective of my ability to win this primary.

“What’s not acceptable, is that today the ACDC voted to endorse a Trump supporter in a district that Hillary Clinton won in 2016 by 17 points. To me, that means the party today voted to support Donald Trump and that makes me incredibly disappointed in the party.”

Although being a Trump supporter is enough to anger most Dems, the party’s endorsement of Kass is even more personal to Benham. Benham, a bisexual, is a member of the LGBTQ community. Autistic herself, Benham works as an advocate for people living with Autism.

“I do take it personally as someone with a preexisting condition that the endorsement goes ro someone who calls themselves a Democrat and rails against the Affordable Care Act, something that allows me to have health insurance,” Benham says. “She knocks people who aren’t straight, mocks people who believe in common-sense gun laws and supports Donald Trump. So, yes, I take what happened today very personally...................

[Pryderi]

2. Me too! Jess is a friend of mine

However, no longer live in Pittsburgh so I donated to her campaign.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/benhamforpa

[LuvLoogie]

3. I don't see anything in this story

that says Benham is African American. I've seen that she has autism and that she is bisexual.

Is there a wiki on her bio?

[Pryderi]

6. Summer Lee was the Democrat that was not endorsed. The story covers

multiple ACDC endorsements.

From the article:

Hallam says the entire process Sunday took a step backwards for the party. Two years ago, when the committee didn’t endorse Summer Lee and others, the reasoning was a desire to back incumbents. However, despite being an incumbent this year, Lee, the only black woman representative from this region, was defeated for the endorsement by Christopher Roland, a political newcomer backed by some labor groups and Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald.

[LuvLoogie]

7. Thanks.

[struggle4progress]

4. "Putin says: Pretend to be Democrats!"

[rockfordfile]

5. The pos trump supporter sounds like a typical fascist.

[Pryderi]

8. Trump Supporter is a Ward Chair for the Allegheny Dems?????

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/does-the-allegheny-county-democratic-committee-have-a-trump-supporter-problem/

"Pittsburgh City Paper found at least one committee member with open Trump support. Jeffrey Anesin is the chair of Pittsburgh 24th Democratic Ward and lives in Troy Hill. His personal Facebook page shows him wearing a Trump cap in a bar with the caption “Trump Train 2020.”
The Facebook page has the name “Bean Anesin” and describes him as a retired bar owner. A WPXI report shows Anesin talking about his former bar in Troy Hill and identifying as Jeffrey. Pittsburgh City Councilor Bobby Wilson (D-North Side) confirmed this was Anesin in a tweet.

Another current committee member in South Pittsburgh, Gordon “Gordy” Sullivan, has several posts on Facebook sharing conservative memes. In 2018, Sullivan shared a meme from “Bikers for Trump 2020” that insults basketball player LeBron James for criticizing Trump."