Special Election megathread (4/30: NY-26)

[The Houstonian]

DNS registrations indicating former State Representative John Barnes plans to enter the race for OH-11 have popped up. Barnes was a DINO in the legislature, never formally caucusing with the Republicans, but he might as well have. Barnes is essentially Cleveland's Ruben Diaz Sr. and won't win over any establishment support in the primary. Still, he has a loyal following that never bucked him despite multiple attempts to have him primaried by more liberal, mainstream Democrats.

Turner endorsed by a transphobe:

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1339321772638867457?s=20

She also endorsed Joe Biden back in March. Didn't see any concern trolling then.

Tulsi hadn't outed herself as a pro-life TERF in March.

She's neither, as far as I can tell.

[The Houstonian]

I don’t see how an endorsement that a person didn’t ask for  matter at all.  Sanders got endorsed by Evo Morales and Biden got endorsed by Vincente Fox. If you look you can find bad apples in everyone’s endorsement list

Evo Morales is popular among some segments of Bernie's base.

[The Houstonian]

DNS registrations indicating former State Representative John Barnes plans to enter the race for OH-11 have popped up. Barnes was a DINO in the legislature, never formally caucusing with the Republicans, but he might as well have. Barnes is essentially Cleveland's Ruben Diaz Sr. and won't win over any establishment support in the primary. Still, he has a loyal following that never bucked him despite multiple attempts to have him primaried by more liberal, mainstream Democrats.

Turner endorsed by a transphobe:

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1339321772638867457?s=20

She also endorsed Joe Biden back in March. Didn't see any concern trolling then.

Tulsi hadn't outed herself as a pro-life TERF in March.

She's neither, as far as I can tell.

She's pro life but the terf label is not fair.

I believe she has always been in favor of abortion being legal (i.e. pro-choice).

[The Houstonian]

DNS registrations indicating former State Representative John Barnes plans to enter the race for OH-11 have popped up. Barnes was a DINO in the legislature, never formally caucusing with the Republicans, but he might as well have. Barnes is essentially Cleveland's Ruben Diaz Sr. and won't win over any establishment support in the primary. Still, he has a loyal following that never bucked him despite multiple attempts to have him primaried by more liberal, mainstream Democrats.

Turner endorsed by a transphobe:

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1339321772638867457?s=20

She also endorsed Joe Biden back in March. Didn't see any concern trolling then.

Tulsi hadn't outed herself as a pro-life TERF in March.

She's neither, as far as I can tell.

She's pro life but the terf label is not fair.

I believe she has always been in favor of abortion being legal (i.e. pro-choice).

It's getting off-topic, but Tusli Gabbard is transphobic (TERF does mean a bit more than that, so perhaps not the right word) and is pro-life. Of course, her endorsement doesn't matter. Nor does Marianne Williamson's. Neither is popular in Northeast Ohio, and neither is in a position to leverage any resources for Tuner's aid. Bernie Sanders isn't particularly popular in this district either, but his support has already been a boon to Tuner's fundraising.

A 20 week abortion ban is as pro-life as ObamaCare is socialist. Tulsi can't be a TERF because she isn't a radical feminist as far as I can tell.

I don’t see how an endorsement that a person didn’t ask for  matter at all.  Sanders got endorsed by Evo Morales and Biden got endorsed by Vincente Fox. If you look you can find bad apples in everyone’s endorsement list

Evo Morales is popular among some segments of Bernie's base.

🙋

x2. His endorsement is finking awesome.

I don't know much about Evo Morales, but he seems to be an FF.

[The Houstonian]

Do we really need another squad member?

There's a non-0 chance she's not admitted. IIRC, she said in an interview (which I wanna say was with the Hill?) that she wants to put some "backbone" into the Squad so, y'know, seems like they'd be off to a great start in their relationship.

They should be smart and let her in. The Squad is too small and weak for petty quarrels.

Do we really need another squad member?

We need about 430 more. Also anyone remember when a bunch of freshmen republicans tried to make their own “squad” a few months back?

You need an ideological balance...you need Blue Dogs and Squad.

I want to see Nina Turner clash with Nicole Malliotakis over policing in the House.

One can achieve ideological balance without Blue Dogs.

[The Houstonian]

Gross. She’s not even a democrat

She is, and it wouldn't be a problem if she weren't.

[The Houstonian]

Gross. She’s not even a democrat

If the Democrats in her district want to nominate her surely it's a moot point

Any Democrat backed by a majority of Democrats in their area is not a "fake Democrat." Democratic voters form the Democratic Party, and they get to decide who should represent the party in elections.