Nina Turner: Heir to the Mantle of the Left?

[Sorenroy]

Currently, there are two major leftest political figures running for president: Sanders (77 years old) and Warren (69 years old). As of this point, it appears unlikely that anyone else will emerge from the left during this cycle. If Trump wins re-election, Sanders and Warren will be 83 and 75 respectively when the 46th president takes office in 2025; if a Democrat wins in 2020, they will likely be the figurehead of the party until 2028, at which point Sanders and Warren will be 87 and 79. This begs the question: Who will be the next major figure to represent the left?

One idea I have had is former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner. Nina Turner, currently 51, does not have the same age troubles as both of these older figures. Additionally, after her time in the Ohio State Senate, she began working with the 2016 Sanders campaign. After his loss she became the head of the Our Revolution and now has rejoined Sanders directly, becoming the co-chair of his 2020 campaign.

I have heard her speak in person twice: once in 2018 having been invited by the local Our Revolution chapter and again just last month as the hype-women for a Sanders speech. Both times I found her a powerful and compelling speaker to the point where I felt a little disappointed that she was not the main speaker at the Sanders rally (even better than Sanders himself).

While being an excellent speaker is definitely a major quality, there are several reasons to doubt that she will be able to quickly rise to the position of next major figure. The biggest detraction I can think of is that of her relative lack of political experience and the fact that she would start as a relative unknown. While she did win over one million votes in her unsuccessful bid in 2014 for Ohio's SoS position, an unsuccessful campaign normally burns from people's memories fairly quickly. And, without early support from other aging members of the left wing, it seems unlikely that she would be able to gain traction quickly enough to become, say, a candidate in the 2024 or '28 presidential primaries without a very small field or other unlikely circumstance.

What do y'all think? #draftnina2024? If not a presidential run, where will she go from here and will she become a national figure on the left?

[T'Chenka]

The throne belongs to Ocasio-Cortez. Nina would be a great fit working near the top of the AOC administration.

[Landslide Lyndon]

[Sorenroy]

Thanks. I will make sure to never post a sincere question ever again.

[JA]

Thanks. I will make sure to never post a sincere question ever again.

Don't let LL get to you. If he didn't leave some kind of negative remark on a Sanders related thread, then we'd have to do a welfare check on him.

[Gass3268]

God I hope not.

The throne belongs to Ocasio-Cortez. Nina would be a great fit working near the top of the AOC administration.

[Xeuma]

God I hope not.

The throne belongs to Ocasio-Cortez. Nina would be a great fit working near the top of the AOC administration.

But actually, why is there such a fascination and following of some irrelevant former Ohio state senator?

[T'Chenka]

God I hope not.

The throne belongs to Ocasio-Cortez. Nina would be a great fit working near the top of the AOC administration.

But actually, why is there such a fascination and following of some irrelevant former Ohio state senator?

She is (usually) saying the right things and promoting the right policies, like Bernie Sanders, and for some reason they actually let her on the mainstream media.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

you mean "mantle" ?