Posted on 08/05/2020 3:38:02 AM PDT by Libloather
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In a major upset, activist, nurse, and pastor, Cori Bush won her second attempt to win the Democratic nomination for the 1st Congressional District against 10-term incumbent Rep. William Lacy Clay.
Clay is the seventh House incumbent to lose renomination from his own party this cycle, along with Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Rep. Steve King (R-IA), Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO), and Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS), who also lost his primary the night of August 4.
Bush is part of a wave of progressive candidates cropping up around the country seeking to unseat longtime Democrats. She previously ran for the same seat in the 2018 midterm elections but failed, with 37 percent of the vote. Her candidacy was featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary "Knock Down the House," along with the unsuccessful campaigns of two fellow progressives and the victorious election of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Bush was endorsed by Justice Democrats, a group that boosts diverse candidates who back progressive policies. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, has also supported the primary challenger, and more recently, progressive Jamaal Bowman threw his name behind Bush after he won his own primary against veteran Rep. Eliot Engel in New York.
A Black single mom from St. Louis, Bush became an activist after participating in the 2014 Ferguson protests, provoked by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old Black man, Michael Brown — events now marked as the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement. She is hoping to increase her political viability by building on the momentum of current anti-racism and police brutality protests following the killing of George Floyd.
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Having it on primary date was a two sided issue. Having it on election day would guarantee a bunch of free stuff people coming out to vote when they might not normally vote. Having it on primary date means it will pass or fail according to normal voting history. Clay got upended by the big mouths in her party, the loony left. While the GOP has no chance in that district, others in the state seem more likely to vote on our side verses the free stuff/big mouth crowd.
She has that steatopygic, rumble seat rump going for her.
Fedzilla pays for 90% of the expansion under the Unaffordable Lack of Care Act, so it will actually bankrupt Fedzilla.
It is primarily gerrymandered Democrat and got worse when the Rusty Carnahan seat was eliminated. The serious Republican candidate was shut out. The challenger is a comedian running on social media platforms only and refusing to take campaign donations. He did get the endorsement of Roger Stone and a couple of porn stars. I am hoping for a televised debate. That will be a car crash of epic proportions and district 1 will still have a leftist candidate.
Dems believe that abortions and sex change operations are constitutional rights, so those must be fully funded. After that, everything else in health care can be sacrificed. The rationing will start with people over 70 and ratchet down from there.
Most people who vote for “progressives” don’t have the faintest idea of what the platform proposes.
It’s really just another form of tyranny.
Mark
Is that a safe district for the democrats? Is there a decent republican challenger?
I don’t think this vote portends anything bad for our side. Dems have held the seat forever. Of MO’s 8 Congressional districts 5 are solidly Republican and 3 are solidly democrat.
Of course it is imploding! Putting Progressives on their ticket is going to hurt them not help them! We may even be able to pick up the seat if enough moderates stay home.
I agree, the Democrats have the real problem of maintaining their base.
McCain’s last act of treason!
The Dems are swinging wildly to the Left right off the cliff. Biden knows this, hence all this tomfoolery that he is a moderate.
Another success story. /s
Found a map on the twitter feed of some teenager in GA who loves politics, sadly he sounds like a lib (I doubt the media would have profiled him if he wasn’t)
https://twitter.com/NilesGApol/status/1294757705341640710/photo/1
Clay won the blackest part of the city (north), and the suburbs. White liberals elected Cori Bush.
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