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Tom Rinaldo

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46. WTF?!?!?

Thu Jul 5, 2018, 11:45 AM

Jul 2018

"State Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell is one of just eight African-Americans in the state legislature and, according to her tally, seven of them are now facing challenges in the Sept. 12 primary.

The liberal high school teacher ousted a 24-year incumbent who served as House majority leader in 2016. Now, the state party has endorsed a professor at a Catholic university who signed a letter supporting Ireland's abortion ban, which was recently overturned.

"Quite frankly, they are not used to women of color, black women, standing up," Ranglin-Vassell said.

Freshman Rep. Moira Jayne Walsh, 27, who has been outspoken about what she sees as a culture of corruption in the State House, lost her party's endorsement to Michael Earnheart, who voted for President Donald Trump."

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Rhode Island Dems in uproar as party seeks to oust three progressive women [View all] babylonsister Jul 2018 OP

Those women need to be applauded and supported, not driven away. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2018 #1

Hear, hear! GreenPartyVoter Jul 2018 #2

Yes. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #31

This is a disgrace. What the hell have we become? nt Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #3

Fuck that shit. Tactical Peek Jul 2018 #4

Finally! The progressive insurgency has arrived! I support it. Tatiana Jul 2018 #5

+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #6

Me too! +1000! nt scarletwoman Jul 2018 #10

Thanks for posting. I made a donation to all three. SharonClark Jul 2018 #11

As a Rhode Islander bdamomma Jul 2018 #12

I gave Moira Walsh $20 RandySF Jul 2018 #29

Why is the first thing I think -- old white men WhiteTara Jul 2018 #7

How did Rhode Island end up this way ? The state party run by anti choice and NRA thugs ? JI7 Jul 2018 #8

There has been rampant, mafia-tinged corruption in RI politics for decades Tarc Jul 2018 #9

Tarc bdamomma Jul 2018 #13

Rhode Island politics is a weird mix of unions, socially conservative Democrats and corruption hack89 Jul 2018 #45

This is disgraceful. AtomicKitten Jul 2018 #14

Where in California is this supposedly happening? R B Garr Jul 2018 #15

The entrenched establishment Democrats are defying progressive policy AtomicKitten Jul 2018 #16

That is not what happened. No numbers were provided R B Garr Jul 2018 #17

Democrats who take corporate money work for their donors, not the people. AtomicKitten Jul 2018 #18

This is what I'm talking about. Empty insults that R B Garr Jul 2018 #19

A statement of fact is not an empty insult nor an exaggeration. /nt AtomicKitten Jul 2018 #20

It is when you don't provide context mythology Jul 2018 #21

The "context" you've added is your opinion. AtomicKitten Jul 2018 #23

This is another perfect example of biased or omitted "facts" R B Garr Jul 2018 #25

And you ignore the fact that top Democrats in California AtomicKitten Jul 2018 #35

These are just biased talking points, not facts. R B Garr Jul 2018 #36

They are facts. Apparently unpleasant hard cold facts. AtomicKitten Jul 2018 #37

They are not facts. They are your interpretations R B Garr Jul 2018 #42

Ugh, and I see how you completely distort what Democrats R B Garr Jul 2018 #38

Exactly! It was submitted as more of a "values statement". R B Garr Jul 2018 #27

Only facts that support a biased viewpoint are presented. R B Garr Jul 2018 #24

It is true. The established Democratic Party is not listening to younger dissenters Sophia4 Jul 2018 #32

It is not what happened. One man's campaign is not R B Garr Jul 2018 #34

We weren't going single payer we were going the way of Germany. joshcryer Jul 2018 #43

Those are literally things the Republicans have done... joshcryer Jul 2018 #41

Too strong language for someone not in RI. nt greyl Jul 2018 #26

Kick Tatiana Jul 2018 #22

I gave Moira Walsh $20 RandySF Jul 2018 #28

Awesome! I think she will put it to good use. Tatiana Jul 2018 #30

There is ratfucking going on in my state RhodeIslandOne Jul 2018 #33

Of note, Bernie won the Rhode Island primary by around an 11% margin CentralMass Jul 2018 #39

I know RhodeIslandOne Jul 2018 #40

Incredible (but not necessarily surprising given the attacks on liberals/progressives of late). demmiblue Jul 2018 #44

WTF?!?!? Tom Rinaldo Jul 2018 #46