Posted on 07/18/2021 9:34:09 PM PDT by 11th_VA
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – Former U.S. Senate Candidate Paula Jean Swearengin has announced she is leaving the Democratic Party.
Swearengin said the reason behind her decision is she believes both the state and national levels of the party allegedly ignored issues such as racism and children suffering across Appalachia.
“Our system is broken. We can’t rebuild a two-party system with division & hate,” Swearengin said in a tweet.
According to her website, Swearengin is a native of Mullens, West Virginia, who grew up in a coal-mining family.
In June 2020, Swearengin won the Democratic vote in the primary election, beating out opponents Richard Ojeda and Richie Robb with 38.3% of the vote. She then lost the General Election in November to Incumbent U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R).
Swearengin previously ran in the 2018 primary election where she lost the race to U.S. Senator Joe Manchin.
In her 2020 senatorial bid, she ran on a platform of working toward a more diverse economy in the Mountain State, working to end the opioid epidemic and making Medicare available to everyone, among other goals.
Swearengin said she is announcing the next steps in her political career soon.
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ANOTHER RINO lying about being Dem because West Virginia is RED!!!
The Dim Party ignoring children suffering? Yah, I can see that.
But racism?!
The Democrat Party is THE party of racism.
What the heck is she talking about?
Now do Shoeless Joe Manchin. Sure hope the WV voters do it for him.
Yeah - I can’t tell if she jumped left or right
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Agreed. She is no different than mittens in Utah. They use any method to get power.
Correct. She kept getting whacked so she is changing tactics as she has shown she has no beliefs or principles.
"Biden Nominates Joe Manchin’s Wife to Co-Chair Appalachian Regional Commission"
[Payola to "persuade“ Joe Manchin to support abolishing the filibuster? Hell yeah!]
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