OH-11: Ocasio-Cortez endorses Nina Turner in Ohio special election

[RandySF]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday endorsed Nina Turner, the former Ohio state senator and national co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign, in her race to represent Ohio's open 11th Congressional District.

“Nina is a bold, unapologetic progressive who has spent her entire career advocating for the working people of Northeast Ohio, and a powerful voice for progressive values and policies that will make a meaningful difference in the lives of working people across this country — like Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage, and a Green New Deal,” Ocasio-Cortez, herself a veteran of Sanders's 2016 campaign, said in a statement.

“I need her alongside me in Congress in the fight for racial, economic, social, and environmental justice,” she added.

Turner said she was “honored” to receive the endorsement, adding that she looks forward to “working together to build a democracy where no child goes hungry, no worker earns a starvation wage, and where every business respects our planet.”




https://thehill.com/homenews/house/544342-ocasio-cortez-endorses-turner-in-ohio-special-election

[grantcart]

1. Ugh

[Vinca]

21. Double ugh.

[Indykatie]

2. I've Already Made a Contribution to Turner's Primary Opponent Shontel Brown - Check Her Out

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/shontel-brown-for-congress-2

[Nixie]

5. I'm an instant Shontel Brown fan.

Thanks for the link.

[brooklynite]

6. Brown isn't Turner's Primary opponent; she's one of several

John Barnes (D) - Ex-State Rep., Ex-Cleveland City Councilman & '18 St Sen Candidate
Shontel Brown (D) - County Councilwoman & Ex-Warrensville Heights City Councilwoman
Bryan Flannery (D) - Ex-State Rep, Ex-Lakewood City Councilman & '06 Gov Candidate
Jeff Johnson (D) - Ex-State Sen., Ex-Cleveland City Councilman & Frequent Candidate
Tariq Shabazz (D) - Graduate Student, Navy Veteran & '20 Candidate
Shirley Smith (D) - Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep & Lobbyist

[Indykatie]

10. I Knew There Would Be Other Candidates But I've Settled on Shontel

I hope a crowded field doesn't set up a scenario where Turner wins because the vote is split among so many candidates.

[OnDoutside]

19. That's a scary but highly relevant point.

[PortTack]

13. Thx for the tip... I'll be sending her some money

Can’t stand Turner..

[Trueblue1968]

20. i echo your statement .... i can't stand Turner either. She made hateful comments about Hillary

i will never forget her lies and mean statements about Hillary Clinton

[Dream Girl]

3. I'm envisioning Nina and Marjorie Taylor Green bumping into each other in the cafeteria and

Forming a mean girls alliance

[msongs]

4. is she running as a democrat? nt

[2naSalit]

7. That's too bad.

[kcr]

8. I want to like her

Then she pulls crap like this.

[betsuni]

9. Turner on voting for Biden instead of Trump: "It's like saying to somebody, 'You have a bowl of shit

in front of you, and all you've got to do is eat half of it instead of the whole thing.' It's still shit."

[Hortensis]

15. Worst is, she believes it and isn't going to change. This was

a passionate position she thought everyone should share.

[betsuni]

16. The myth that the 99% (Democrats, Republicans, non-voters) will realize they're on

the same side against the 1% and do the revolution. NOT.

"They tried to seduce us with donuts and water."

[Hortensis]

22. :) Dissidents can't even cooperate with themselves.

I still have hopes for the rest of us. But that 12% or so who must always oppose will.

(Lol, I'd forgotten Turner's "doughnuts and water" outrage. Which'd be worse, phony or real?)

[Bleacher Creature]

11. I've really liked what I've been seeing from AOC lately. That's all gone now. NT

[joetheman]

23. My thoughts exactly.

[SidDithers]

12. ...

Sid

[lamp_shade]

14. Ugh

[OnDoutside]

17. That's a dreadfully poor piece of judgement by AOC, I'm really surprised that she would allow

herself associate herself within a mile of an endorsement of Turner. Helping Turner into Congress would have Republicans sending AOC Thank You cards for years.

The Democratic Party need to get their shit together on this.

[Hortensis]

18. "A choice between Biden and Trump is no choice at all," Turner's friend

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and close colleague Nick Brana, national coordinator of the Movement for a People’s Party. The "MPP" collapsed at its first convention, leaving Turner to look for something else to do.

She passed on running as a Green Party candidate for vice president with Jesse Ventura in 2020 and now is running for congress on the Democratic ballot for the seat her old foe Marcia Fudge has left.

With (get this!) an eye to running against President Biden for POTUS in 2024 after 2 years in the house.

(Will this be a third-party run or is she going to try to primary him?)

Brana trying to spin her unfortunate slip about how she feels about Biden and Democrats:

Link to tweet

[joetheman]

24. She actually hurt Bernie more than helped him.

[Hortensis]

25. :) A perpetually antagonistic porcupine ultimately hurts everyone.

When she tried to primary Marcia Fudge back in 2010, that heavily black district rallied around Fudge, forcing Turner to withdraw her candidacy. J

[JI7]

26. She represented Sanders perfectly