Elizabeth Warren Endorses Tom Perriello In Virginia Governors Race

[Hassin Bin Sober]

Elizabeth Warren Endorses Tom Perriello In Virginia Governor’s Race

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-tom-perriello_us_58fe651ae4b00fa7de16d3b6

WASHINGTON ― Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed Tom Perriello in the Democratic primary for Virginia governor on Monday in an interview with HuffPost, giving the insurgent progressive candidate an important boost in a race that has become increasingly competitive.

When Perriello, a former congressman from Charlottesville, jumped into the Democratic race in January against Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, he was seen as a late entrant with little chance at the nomination. But with the mood of the Democratic electorate rising against President Donald Trump, Perriello, a populist who has made standing up to Trump central to his campaign, has surged in the polls.

Warren said she had tried to coax Perriello to join her at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after he lost his re-election to Congress in 2010. “I actually tried to hire him a long time ago,” she said. “So, when I was setting up the consumer agency ... I took advantage, or tried to take advantage, of some really strong people who had been in elective office and lost.”

Richard Cordray, now director of the CFPB, was another such ex-office holder. “I thought Tom Perriello would be terrific, too,” Warren said. “He’s strong, he’s aggressive on consumer issues, and I really wanted him to come and be one of the major people running the CFPB. Now, he decided he wanted to take a different direction and he said with regret ― at least I hope it was with regret ― that he couldn’t come and join us at the agency and he headed off and did some work in Africa, and I really respect what he has done. He’s an exciting guy.

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1. Interesting race. A bunch of Obama aides also endorsed their former colleague.

And one of the GOP candidates just tanked his chances by humping the Dixie swastika:

Internet reminds politician that no, actually, slavery was the worst

When a person must be reminded that the United States enslaved and terrorized millions of black people for hundreds of years, that person has probably said something ignorant. Offensive, even. When that person is chairman of the Prince William County board of supervisors and wants to be governor of Virginia, that ignorance is a bit more ... notable.

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart, a Republican, sent a tweet on Monday that most would consider, at the very least, ill-advised.

The tweet came right around the time of the New Orleans city council-approved removal of a monument that honored a 5,000-person-strong white militia for attacking the city's integrated police in 1874. The city also has plans to take down statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and confederate generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard.

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Stewart -- who, by the way, is from the so-far-north-it's-nearly-Canada state of Minnesota -- has a thing for the Confederacy. He recently attended a Confederate-themed ball and ... we'll just let Twitter take it from here, since lots of folks had ideas about what's worse than removing monuments to the Confederacy.

http://mashable.com/2017/04/25/corey-stewart-virginia-politician-tweet-slavery-confederate-monument/

No matter which Democrat wins the primary I think we can all agree he's a better choice than the Republican.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. Agreed!

[LexVegas]

2. NARAL endorses Northam. Perriello is anti choice and pro-gun. nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. What? How do you figure? Warren endorsed an anti-choice pro gun candidate?

[LexVegas]

5. Perriello voted for the Stupak-Pitts amendment. You think thats pro choice?

[beam me up scottie]

6. Yeah I don't get that either.

Didn't Obama endorse and campaign for Periello in 2010? He wouldn't support someone who opposes gun control and abortion.

[mvd]

11. Seems to have had a change of heart based on this

https://www.tomforvirginia.com/issue/standing-virginia-women/

Will look into the other candidate also though.

[beam me up scottie]

12. Yes, many Dems who supported anti-choice amendments like Hyde evolved.

While I would love it if all of our candidates had a spotless record on abortion I realize that no matter which Democrat wins this primary they'll still be a thousand times better than the Republican.

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7. Ugh.

I'll be donating to Northam then. I really want to trust EW and then she does this kind of thing.

[LexVegas]

8. She can endorse who she wants but in Virginia, we know Perriello and no thanks. nt

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13. I'm in Virginia.

In the 5th district as well. What is it about Perriello that you don't like? We had just moved here, and all I recall is that he defeated Virgil Goode.

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9. Jesus Christ

I expect better from Warren.

What the fuck is up with this reactionary bullshit?

[LexVegas]

10. Perriello voted for Stupak-Pitts while in Congress. nt