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mopinko

(73,246 posts)
9. good luck w that, kiddo. this is my dist.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 12:30 PM
Apr 2025

i admit that, much as i love jan, and trust me, i love jan, it’s time to pass the torch. she’s still working her butt off, but c’mon woman.
that said, i cant see this young lady getting anywhere. if jan is on the ticket, she might get 10-15%. if jan isnt, competition will b stiff. lotta ppl w deep roots here.

i have no doubt there is someone in jan’s org ready to take the torch. she has a pretty stable staff, and has helped get a lot of good women to the il house.

please ja spare us this mess. maybe she’ll go up in smoke b4 she even gets on the ballot.

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Finally. Someone without a savior complex. ananda Apr 2025 #1
Exactly gab13by13 Apr 2025 #2
Jan Schakowsky is the best candidate. A strong Democrat with a lifetime progressive voting record higher than AOC. W_HAMILTON Apr 2025 #3
Yes, ideological belief that the majority of Americans are progressive populists voting Republican betsuni Apr 2025 #6
And if that was true about people that vote Republican JI7 Apr 2025 #10
The proof is in the pudding. Just explain to R voters that they're voting against their own economic interests. betsuni Apr 2025 #26
Jan Schakowsky... lapucelle Apr 2025 #5
I'd think we'd want to elect *more* like Schakowsky rather than replace her. Torchlight Apr 2025 #4
It's not that *we* suck. It's that Kat Abughazaleh sucks. lapucelle Apr 2025 #7
This person is an asshole. Wiz Imp Apr 2025 #8
good luck w that, kiddo. this is my dist. mopinko Apr 2025 #9
What's the problem with Jan Schakowsky ? JI7 Apr 2025 #12
She's 80? maxsolomon Apr 2025 #14
Only men like Sanders are allowed to be in office in their 80s JI7 Apr 2025 #19
Not sure this is a sexism argument. maxsolomon Apr 2025 #23
She was a Republican that comes from a Republ8can family JI7 Apr 2025 #24
I also live in this district ... surrealAmerican Apr 2025 #25
So she doesn't even live in the district and just moved to Chicago a few months ago JI7 Apr 2025 #11
LIberals tend to live in liberal districts. maxsolomon Apr 2025 #15
And sushi mr715 Apr 2025 #22
"Period poverty" has been politics as usual for Democrats. Obamas, Clintons, Tim "Tampon Tim" Walz, etc. betsuni Apr 2025 #13
Jan Schakowsky is a great Democrat mcar Apr 2025 #16
Typical of the shallow, unserious crap from social media. Boomerproud Apr 2025 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Boomerproud Apr 2025 #18
She is a former Republican from a Republican family JI7 Apr 2025 #20
Interview she did with The Nation: Passages Apr 2025 #21
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