Bernie Sanders on Seattle council races: Amazon 'should have kept their money'

[Uncle Joe]

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Sawant recently declared victory after initial counts had her trailing District 3 challenger Egan Orion by as many as eight points. Subsequent counts saw her close that gap, before decisively overtaking Orion.

In the lead-up to Seattle’s November general election, corporate donations poured into the Civic Alliance for a Sound Economy (CASE), the political arm of the city’s Chamber of Commerce. That included contributions from Amazon, Starbucks, and Expedia in a bid to elect more moderate, business-friendly candidates.

Those efforts were widely panned by both Sanders and fellow 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, with the former going so far as to formally endorse a quartet of progressive council candidates in Lisa Herbold, Tammy Morales, Kshama Sawant, and Shaun Scott.

Among those four, three ended up winning their respective races. CASE-backed candidate Alex Pedersen is currently leading Scott in District 4, one of just two endorsed by the organization to potentially win a seat (the other being incumbent Debora Juarez).

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https://mynorthwest.com/1593602/bernie-sanders-amazon-seattle-council-races/

[guillaumeb]

1. Recommended.

Amazon certainly spends a lot of money attempting to buy politicians. Imagine if Bezos paid his workers a living wage with all that bribe money.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Imagine that!

[myohmy2]

3. I...

...don't like companies that try to buy elections with my money against my interests...

"Jeff Bezos and Amazon spent $1.5 million to defeat progressives..."

...I'm going to have to do my Christmas shopping somewhere else...

...their prices aren't all that great anyway...