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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Democratic Establishment Is Going All Out To Beat Nina Turner [View all]
I am not a fan of the Just Us Democrats and Nina Turner. I am glad that the party is going to take a strong stand when the Just Us Democrats target a real democrat. We are seeing this conflict in the OH 11
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Moderate Democratic groups, donors and even some Republicans are flooding Ohios 11th Congressional District with millions of dollars in a bid to elect Shontel Brown and defeat progressive favorite Nina Turner in Tuesdays special primary election.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), along with Democratic Reps. Joyce Beatty (Ohio), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) and Bennie Thompson (Miss.), are headlining a get-out-the-vote event for Brown this weekend as well. ....
The goal of Browns establishment allies, however, is not merely to stop Turner. By defeating Turner, a staunch ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and critic of Democratic Party leaders, these moderates also hope to send a shot across the bow to the nascent activist left ― a signal that they are ramping up efforts to limit the lefts influence in Congress.
Establishment Dems have largely slept through a lot of primary challenges or a lot of these races where the Justice Democrats have played, said a moderate Democratic strategist uninvolved in the race, who asked for anonymity for professional reasons. Theyre not going to do that anymore. ....
But as her critics have grown more willing to remind voters, she is also someone who publicly entertained an offer to serve as Green Party presidential nominee Jill Steins running mate in 2016, and who, in 2020, likened the choice between President Donald Trump and Biden to deciding between a bowl of shit and half of that bowl.....
People who vote in the Democratic primary tend to be voters who are proud to be Democrats and prioritize Democratic unity, said Cass, a partner at Slingshot Strategies in Manhattan. If your words can be twisted and painted in a way that makes it look like you are antithetical to that ― which Nina Turner is not, but people she has pissed off perceive that to be the case ― I dont think Democratic voters like that.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), along with Democratic Reps. Joyce Beatty (Ohio), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) and Bennie Thompson (Miss.), are headlining a get-out-the-vote event for Brown this weekend as well. ....
The goal of Browns establishment allies, however, is not merely to stop Turner. By defeating Turner, a staunch ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and critic of Democratic Party leaders, these moderates also hope to send a shot across the bow to the nascent activist left ― a signal that they are ramping up efforts to limit the lefts influence in Congress.
Establishment Dems have largely slept through a lot of primary challenges or a lot of these races where the Justice Democrats have played, said a moderate Democratic strategist uninvolved in the race, who asked for anonymity for professional reasons. Theyre not going to do that anymore. ....
But as her critics have grown more willing to remind voters, she is also someone who publicly entertained an offer to serve as Green Party presidential nominee Jill Steins running mate in 2016, and who, in 2020, likened the choice between President Donald Trump and Biden to deciding between a bowl of shit and half of that bowl.....
People who vote in the Democratic primary tend to be voters who are proud to be Democrats and prioritize Democratic unity, said Cass, a partner at Slingshot Strategies in Manhattan. If your words can be twisted and painted in a way that makes it look like you are antithetical to that ― which Nina Turner is not, but people she has pissed off perceive that to be the case ― I dont think Democratic voters like that.
I get the Just US Democrats emails and you can see that the Just Us Democrats are desperate to raise more money to stick it to corporate democrats. I find these emails to be very funny
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The Democratic Establishment Is Going All Out To Beat Nina Turner [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
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I really do not want a third party person in this seat who will be blocking Joe Biden
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
#2
They are doing their job to elect Democrats. No reason to vote for Nina Turner. She is not a
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
#14
Manchin and Sinema are Democrats... like them or not. And they come from red states.
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
#15
You'd be surprised. But yes, I am speaking of anti-Semites and their enablers.
Behind the Aegis
Aug 2021
#23
There are a lot more Anti-Semites than many think, even in our own Democratic Party. Sad.
George II
Aug 2021
#31
The Jewish vote made the difference in #Ohio11 in support of @ShontelMBrown .
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
#42
I am the email list for the Justice Democrats or according to their podcast "just Us" Dems
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
#27
Their latest email had two pre-emptive excuses why Turner will lose. Exact words from the email:
George II
Aug 2021
#30
You claimed that there was no establishment which post was wrong in every way
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
#47
Nina Turner's loss in Ohio means Biden doesn't need to keep caving to the left
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
#40