Special Election megathread (6/11: OH-6, 6/25: CO-4)

[EJ24]

Let's just face reality, Turner is destined to be the next Tulsi Gabbard.

She's a good fit for her state, but on a national level she's going to get exposed and flame out hard and fast. She'll get lots of press and attention from the "anti-establishment" grifter types like Joe Rogan and Jimmy Dore, and their audience who understand next to nothing about politics and government, but won't be a serious contender otherwise.

[EJ24]

Let's just face reality, Turner is destined to be the next Tulsi Gabbard.

She's a good fit for her state, but on a national level she's going to get exposed and flame out hard and fast. She'll get lots of press and attention from the "anti-establishment" grifter types like Joe Rogan and Jimmy Dore, and their audience who understand next to nothing about politics and government, but won't be a serious contender otherwise.

Uh, Tulsi Gabbard is a transphobe and islamophobe. They are nothing alike politically. Also, all this fearmongering about Turner like she will singlehandedly derail the Biden agenda out of spite is...well, silly. Let's see if she wins the primary and then let's see what type of Congresswoman she is before we jump to conclusions about her being a future flame-out.

They are exactly alike, their big claim to fame is being joined at the hip to Bernie Sanders and propagating a bunch of right-wing lies and crap about Hillary Clinton. People like Gabbard are indirectly responsible for the election of Trump, and people like Turner will do all they can to ensure a Biden loss in 2024 out of spite. Watch.

[EJ24]

I really don't understand why Nina Turner has turned into this Tulsi like figure in the minds of so many of y'all (and evidently in the mind of Mr. Clyburn as well). Yeah, she's used hyperbolic language in the past, but honestly I would bet she voted for Hillary in 2016 and just never admitted to it. In this primary, she has primarily tied herself to Berniecrats/the Squad nationally and the Ohio Democratic establishment locally. Neither group suggests to me that she will be anything other that a normal progressive Democrat in terms of voting record a la AOC.

She compared voting for Biden to "eating a bowl of sh**t". At least even TULSI had sense enough to endorse Biden in April. Turner said this mere weeks before the 2020 DNC convention.

She's also cozy with Jill Stein and the Greens, which is another characteristic she shares with Gabbard. Stein offered her the VP slot in 2016 after she made her loyalty to MAGA and Putin clear in the public eye. She's going to win this seat and stab Democrats in the back.

[EJ24]

How long after Turner wins does she give a speech suggesting we impeach Joe Biden for eco-terrorism because he didn't pass the Green New Deal by executive order?

Or maybe that's a bit hyperbolic, perhaps she just goes on Joe Rogan's podcast and trashes Biden/Kamala for 35 solid minutes, then pretends she has no idea why right-wing think tanks and GOP strategists are tweeting it all over the place and using it in ads.

[EJ24]

I came.