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Four socialist-backed candidates win Pennsylvania legislative primaries
the hill ^ | 05/16/18 | Y AVERY ANAPOL

Posted on 05/16/2018 3:24:28 PM PDT by Mount Athos

Four Democratic candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) won primary elections for legislative seats in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

In the Pittsburgh area, Summer Lee and Sara Innamorato, Democrats who are both members of the DSA, won primaries for state House Districts 34 and 21.

Lee and Innamorato defeated state Reps. Paul Costa and Dom Costa, both Democrats. They do not have Republican opponents in the general election.

In Philadelphia, Democrats Elizabeth Fiedler and Kristin Seale won legislative primaries for House Districts 184 and 168. Fielder does not have a GOP opponent in the general election, while Seale will take on Rep. Christopher Quinn.

The DSA hailed the legislative victories as a huge moment for the socialist movement.

Arielle Cohen, co-chair of the Pittsburgh DSA chapter, told HuffPost that she feels a "monumental shift" after the victories, noting DSA’s growing membership since President Trump's election.

"We won on popular demands that were deemed impossible. We won on health care for all, we won on free education,” she said.

“We’re turning the state the right shade of red tonight,” she added.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; communismkills; farleftextremists; paping; paprimary; socialism; unamericanactivities
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1 posted on 05/16/2018 3:24:28 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Part deluxe? As earlier, demosocialist, as in nazis?


2 posted on 05/16/2018 3:26:11 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Mount Athos

Yes, take those masks fully OFF, Dems. Let Americans see who you are at heart.


3 posted on 05/16/2018 3:26:14 PM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: rktman

Auto correct! S/B “ Part deux”.


4 posted on 05/16/2018 3:27:03 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Mount Athos

It wasn’t just Pennsylvania. The Rat primary voters went full retard and selected a commie bernie bot for NE-2 who is campaigning on single-payer healthcare and repealing the 2nd Amendment. Essentially, they threw their chance at that seat away.


5 posted on 05/16/2018 3:31:46 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Mount Athos

At least 2 American generations have not a single clue about what communism is or what happens to a country and its people who live under communism.

Who would want to live with a communist government? Those who want the power or those who are gullible and ignorant of what it is.


6 posted on 05/16/2018 3:32:16 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: frnewsjunkie

It was by design.


7 posted on 05/16/2018 3:35:10 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Mount Athos

I’m getting a real civil war feeling in my gut.


8 posted on 05/16/2018 3:35:32 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Mount Athos

Can’t see how this possibly helps the Dems in the long run. They have primary candidates who are communists, and they Donkey Party doesn’t disavow them. Which is the same as a tacit endorsement. Makes it far easier to paint Dems as Socialists (which they are), without much effort. You can just point to the proof.

It will be interesting to see if the Dems who were defeated endorse the Socialists.


9 posted on 05/16/2018 3:43:16 PM PDT by confederatecarpetbag
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To: Mount Athos
Actually this is good. These hard core socialists (hard core socialists are actually communists but just do not have the card as it is a political liability) won in extremely democratic areas and will probably be elected. We should use their political positions and beliefs to contrast what the democrat party is to Republican Party in areas where we are competitive.

ps
Communism is the most perfect form of government that could be conceived if human nature would accept it. Human nature will never accept it and it thus morphs into a great evil machine of death and tyranny. It is really that simple.We really do not know how high the death toll is. 100 million is a minimum.

10 posted on 05/16/2018 3:44:37 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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“We’re turning the state the right shade of red tonight,” she added.

How clever!

But seriously, I bet mrzz. Cohen sincerely wants to implement socialism throughout the State.

And even further!

Think of it, socialism on a national scale.





Still, there's something familiar about this...

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11 posted on 05/16/2018 3:46:13 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Mount Athos

Karl Marx HATED the middle class.
He DESPISED them.
He wanted their blood FLOWING in the streets.

But you middle class Marxists just LOVE your Socialism. :)


12 posted on 05/16/2018 4:03:25 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: frnewsjunkie

Public School Indoctrination Centers: Because Impressionable Young Minds Can Be Conditioned To Believe Anything That Advances The Greater Good Of An Uninformed, Obedient and Servile Collective.

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” ~ Vladimir Ilyich Lenin


13 posted on 05/16/2018 4:15:03 PM PDT by Ancient Man
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To: Mount Athos

Story doesn’t even mention somebody Wallace, grandson of Henry Wallace, who won the ‘rat primary in one of the Philly suburban districts - Henry Wallace was VP under Saint FDR but was tossed off the ticket because his socialist/communist sympathies became too public - he would have been president instead of Truman had this not happened - his grandson has homes in South Africa and Maryland, but not apparently in the district in which he won - his ads touted his support for “progressive” positions such as gun and climate control, and his opposition to Trump “idiocies” - let’s hope he’s easy to beat......


14 posted on 05/16/2018 4:16:11 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Mount Athos

Free everything....puke.


15 posted on 05/16/2018 4:17:33 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Mount Athos

Wonder what the DSA has against Fetterman?


16 posted on 05/16/2018 4:31:34 PM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: Mount Athos

“We’re turning the state the right shade of red tonight,” she added.


Commie told a half truth for once. Dems ARE the party of Red commie jerks.


17 posted on 05/16/2018 4:33:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

Better dead than red—good saying in the 1950’s good today. Failed idea—only leads to iron tyranny, starvation, and death.


18 posted on 05/16/2018 4:35:11 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Tzimisce

And Margaret Sanger wanted ALL babies dead, not just black ones.

And she was NOT pro-choice. She didn’t give a damn if a woman wanted to be a mother and was denied by her despostic demand for “no more babies (for a period of 10 years following WWII)”.

Stalinists lie. ALWAYS


19 posted on 05/16/2018 4:35:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: Mount Athos

can’t find a more stark difference than a socialist/communist and conservative Republican. As long as the difference is made clear to the electorate, any American will know how to vote.


20 posted on 05/16/2018 5:03:22 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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