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In reply to the discussion: Support Democrat Nina Turner for Congress by donating to her campaign. [View all]StrictlyRockers
(3,934 posts)I have immense respect for Katie Porter's intellect and political acumen. She is an extremely intelligent woman and a force to be reckoned with in the House. She's a very popular and well-known Democrat who uses her whiteboard and her knowledge of the issues to make corporate fools tremble in fear when they testify in the House.
I trust her. I trust her judgment. I trust her political instincts. I have no qualms about following her advice on which candidates to support.
She was smart enough to somehow become the first Democratic Congressperson to ever be elected in California District 45, which is an extremely conservative, right-leaning and Republican-friendly district that is "behind the Orange Curtain" in Orange County, CA. Orange County is well-known for being one of the most conservative, anti-Democratic, and "red" areas within the state of California. And somehow she managed to do this without accepting any corporate PAC money and while raising three children as a single mother.
She is also a distinguished law professor. Katie Porter graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School and has taught law at several universities, including the University of California, Irvine, William S. Boyd School of Law, and the University of Iowa.
So...maybe you trust your own judgment better than you do Katie Porter's. Maybe you actually think you're smarter than she is. I don't. I think she knows who to endorse and what to do politically way more than I do. I think she's much smarter than I am. I'm going to go with what she says to do here. I'm going to support Nina Turner. And in fact, I just sent another donation to Nina Turner that was dedicated to all of the disingenuous attacks she receives here on DU. So, thank you for that encouragement. I expect her to win. Peace and love.