Katie Porter Endorsed Nina Turner. So disappointing.

[FelineOverlord]

Link to tweet

[Hortensis]

1. Agree. No one who encouraged people to not vote for Democrats in 2016

and 2020 has my support.

[NurseJackie]

98. Her "bowl of shit" insult about Joe Biden was unforgivable...

Her "bowl of shit" insult about Joe Biden was unforgivable... she was, in effect, telling voters that Biden was just as bad as Trump. (Now... WHERE have we heard comments like THAT before?)

Things like that to not serve any good purpose.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nina-turner-joe-biden_n_5f200c04c5b638cfec49ecd5

[betsuni]

100. Anyone still doing Both Sides: unforgivable.

Democrats being "ideologically bankrupt" and corrupt because all they think about is money, that anyone working for corporations or financial companies donating to elect Democrats was corrupting? What the hell was that about?

[NurseJackie]

103. Why would Clevelanders listen to a Californian about a local race?!

[Dorian Gray]

218. Katie Porter also endorsed

Maya Wiley for Mayor of NYC.

With all due respect for Ms. Wiley, whom I do respect (but isn't my top candidate), zip it Katie Porter.

I'm sorry, but NYC isn't her business. Ohio isn't her business. This is hubris.

[StarfishSaver]

278. +1

[helpisontheway]

2. Very disappointed in her. Why would she support someone that is anti-democrat?

Nina Turner is exactly like Susan Sarandon and the other Bernie or bust crowd. They wanted Bernie or they would try to destroy the party.

[Trueblue1968]

75. you are so right. And Turner LIED about Hillary!! I will never forgive Turner. Awful Turner .....

[StarfishSaver]

3. Wow. SO disappointing

[womanofthehills]

80. Nina Turner and Shontel Brown diverge on Israel-Gaza conflict

I can see Katie liking the more progressive candidate.

Further underscoring that contrast, both candidates offered sharply divergent statements this week as violence escalated between Israel and Hamas. “In times like these the United States must stand firmly behind our close ally Israel,” Brown said in comments to Jewish Insider on Wednesday, while urging “all sides, regardless of fault, to exercise restraint and de-escalate the crisis.”
“Hamas’s massive rocket attacks are deeply troubling and must stop,” Brown added. “Hamas is placing civilians on both sides at risk. Israel has the right to defend its citizens in the face of these attacks. Israeli families should never have to spend the night in a bomb shelter.”
Turner, on the oth er hand, positioned herself firmly on the side of the Palestinians. “Solidarity is a verb,” Turner declared in a briefly worded Twitter message, adding a raised-fist emoji to the end of her comment. https://jewishinsider.com/2021/05/nina-turner-and-shontel-brown-diverge-on-israel-gaza-conflict/So

[Cha]

90. Can you see Katiie liking the

candidate who said on July 28, 2020 that voting for Biden is like eating shit"?

And, trying to start a 3rd party but failing.. ?

Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner Compares Voting For Biden To Eating ‘S**t’

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nina-turner-joe-biden_n_5f200c04c5b638cfec49ecd5

[Hortensis]

94. Or liking a candidate who encouraged people to leave the Democratic Party

in 2016, 2018 and 2020? Knowing that that would benefit Trump and other Republicans in those elections.

[Cha]

194. I know.. she did her

damnedest to mess up the Democratic Party who was and is Fighting for our VERY Democracy!!

She started the people's party..'

https://peoplesparty.org/nina-turner-is-in/

Hey Nina .. We "Give A Shit about People" and so does President Joe Biden! If you would pay attention.

[Hortensis]

221. :) When actions defeat claimed goals, believe the actions?

Antagonism on the farther left toward the dominant liberal mainstream has the same kind of irrational, from-the-gut foundation as the antagonism of the trumpists. The rest follows.

Nothing new here.

[betsuni]

225. +1

[George II]

112. Hamas is not progressive. Turner has never condemned Hamas.

PS - solidarity is a noun.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

279. Katie is a Just Us Democrat

Link to tweet

[Arazi]

4. A Democrat endorsing a Democrat. Quelle surprise 🙄

[BannonsLiver]

7. Nena hasn't been a Dem in years

She's said so herself.

[Arazi]

11. She's on the ticket as a Dem

[ChrisF1961]

12. She's running in a primary.

She's not "on the ticket as a Dem" unless she wins the primary.

[Arazi]

14. Sigh... ya got me

#semantics

[ChrisF1961]

17. SemanticsReality

[CrackityJones75]

69. It is NOT semantics. It is basic knowledge if elections.

She herself has said she isn’t a democrat. Running under the larty doesn’t make one a dem either in my book. It means she is a hypocrat.

[ChubbyStar]

73. WTF is a hypocrat?

[CrackityJones75]

104. Someone that runs as a dem but isn't?

I have seen very little evidence that she is a democrat

[Autumn]

106. So you don't like Dems who don't act like Democras?

Man, that fucking filibuster is killing us isn't it.

[George II]

116. What does the filibuster have to do with Nina Turner not acting like a Democrat, Autumn?

[Autumn]

117. Was everything else I said invisable except for the word "filibuster" George?

Sorry you don't understand what I said. As far as replies go, it's a fairly easy sentence to understand.

[George II]

118. The first sentence correctly addressed the poster you were responding to, Autumn...

But I'll ask again, what does that have to do with the filibuster?

[Autumn]

121. The second sentence did too. If I don't understand a post I study it until I do George.

[dansolo]

219. Probably something to do with Kyrsten Sinema

You know, the former Green Party member who won't support killing the filibuster.

[CrackityJones75]

130. Thats right.

And have as much popcorn as you like.

She herself has declared that she isn’t a democrat. Why you want to hassle me about it escapes me. Take her word for it.

[Autumn]

133. One response is not hasseling. Comments do happen on a message board.

[CrackityJones75]

134. Sure. But then you know all of the history don't ya?

not my first rodeo.

[Autumn]

135. One does not need to know history to know that Dems don't always act like Dems.

It's not my first rodeo either.

[CrackityJones75]

138. Make your point or step off my back already.

JFC you wanna see my hall pass too? Fucking hell I have better things to do than argue about whether or not nina fucking turner is a democrat or not. She’s garvage who doesn’t deserve any help from the democrats whatsoever. A complete and total waste of our resources. If you wanna support that clown go right ahead. And have your say about it too. I won’t follow you around and dissect every word you utter about it either.

[Autumn]

141. I made my point in my first response to your post. It seems to have made you angry.

So you don't like Dems who don't act like Democrats?
Man, that fucking filibuster is killing us isn't it.

Didn't ask for a hall pass, made one comment to a random post. Bye, have a nice day

[Hassin Bin Sober]

178. Katie Porter is a great Democrat! And she knows another great Democrat when she sees one!

[CrackityJones75]

180. Nina Turner says she is not a Democrat.

Don’t take my word for it. Take hers!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

189. That's in the past. Look forward!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

202. Has Nina apologized for campaigning and voting for Jill Stein?

Has Nina apologized for campaigning against Joe Biden and telling people that voting for the Democratic Party is like eating shit? Where is the admission from Nina that campaigning and voting for Jill stein was a mistake? Has Nina apologized for her comments about voting for actual Democrats being like eating shit?

I would love to nina’s apologies. Please post links to these apologies.

Why would real members of the Democratic Party be comfortable voting for a Just Us Semocrat and a member of a third party??

[sheshe2]

211. The past?

[George II]

206. But she didn't endorse Shontel Brown. Whatev'

[George II]

115. She seriously considered running as Jill Stein's running mate AGAINST the Democratic ticket....

....back in 2016, she openly pointed out that she voted for Jill Stein, and when asked if she would support Joe Biden she responded by claiming he was a half bowl of shit, trump being the other half of that bowl.

She may call herself a Democrat, but she has demonstrated that she's much less of a Democrat over the years than her toughest opponent in the primary.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

125. But she didn't, right?

Or did I miss something.

[George II]

140. I don't know what you did or didn't miss, but she gave serious consideration to running....

.....with Jill Stein as her VP.

What you might have missed is that she didn't vote for the Democratic candidate, but DID vote for Jill Stein and, when asked last year if she voted 3rd party she coyly said (paraphrasing) "who I voted for is my business". She did speak at the so-called "People's Convention" with Jill Stein in July 2016, days after our convention ended. Did she "pal around" with OUR nominee that week, or just OUR nominee's opponent?

You may have also missed this now infamous quote of her when assessing the choice of voting for trump or Biden:

"‘You have a bowl of shit in front of you, and all you’ve got to do is eat half of it instead of the whole thing. It’s still shit.”

Is this the kind of "Democrat" you want to see in Congress?

[Cuthbert Allgood]

142. Right. But she actually didn't run. Thanks for confirming that.

I have not missed any of those things, but thanks for thinking of me.

[George II]

143. Run or not, she still considered it AND she supported Jill Stein throughout....

....the remainder of the campaign.

More importantly, she did NOT vote for the Democratic ticket.

[sheshe2]

212. Yes...

you missed a lot.

[CrackityJones75]

131. Exactly!

But I am going to get trolled here because I pointed out that she is a hypocrite.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

165. People can change! That's ancient history!

Katie Porter is a great Democrat! And she knows another great Democrat when she sees one!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

204. Again I have looked for evidence that Nina has changed

Has Nina apologized for campaigning and voting for Jill Stein. What is the evidenced that Nina has changed?

I look forward to seeing your evidence that Nina has changed

[George II]

223. No. In fact when asked about it recently (a John Roberts interview I think?) she has refused....

....to answer.

Says quite a bit. And, considering her famous quote comparing trump and Biden, I'm sure she didn't vote for Biden either.

[George II]

213. Where do we draw the line at "ancient"? I seem to recall you complaining about someone....

....who was a "Goldwater Girl" in high school more than 50 years ago.

[betsuni]

216. And being Republican as a college freshman before becoming a Democrat, never voting

for a Republican, means one can never, ever change and must remain an evil Republican for all eternity. It is a scientific fact!

What happened in the '60s is current events, not ancient history, but calling Democrats corrupt, immoral, evil, bribed, same as Republicans, right up until one is forced to run as a Democrat because you'll lose as a third party candidate (in this case 2021): ancient history. You just change lanes and claim you're the true Democrat, more Democratic than Democrats.

Nobody's falling for that.

[mcar]

226. Boom!

[George II]

228. 13. Where do we draw the line at "ancient"? I seem to recall you complaining about someone...

....who was a "Goldwater Girl" in high school more than 50 years ago.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15469174

Line?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

243. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[TwilightZone]

37. Sanders runs as a Democrat, too.

And for the same reasons. It's the only real path to a win. It's for political expediency, including access to party resources and support.

He serves in Congress and runs his Congressional campaigns as an independent and also identifies as same.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

174. Yet he's not the one throwing roadblocks from our side at Biden's agenda, is he.

[sheshe2]

247. Ummm

[George II]

249. Do you recall Neera Tanden's nomination? That was part of Biden's agenda and he "threw a roadblock"!

[TwilightZone]

39. Everyone in the Democratic primary is "on the ticket as a Dem"

In context, it's a meaningless assertion.

[CrackityJones75]

136. Baloney!

Sorry but that is bullshit. If we allow that to happen we will not have a party. There is having a big tent and there is allowing others to completely undermine and destroy the padty from within. If you declare yourself to NOT be a democrat you damn well should NOT run or even be allowed to run as a democrat. If you refer to the party leaders as a half a bowl of shit you are not a member of my party. If you peddle lies and tight wing talking points you are not a member of my party.

The part HAS to stand for something and mean something and the platform has to be adopted by its members. If not then we will not ever be able to deliver on anything.

[Hortensis]

95. Well, Trump considered running as a Democrat. People who don't believe in

Democratic Party ideals do sometimes run as Democrats in blue districts, disguising their true views to get power.

Turner admitted she refused to vote Democratic in 2016 and openly advised everyone to leave the party -- and has continued ever since (except right now).

She sees weakening the Democratic Party as necessary to protect progressivism in government from both the Democratic Party that created it and the Republican Party determined to destroy progressive government.

It's also apparently her way of protecting her vote as a black woman from the rising racist, misogynistic fascism of the Republican Party.

A noble cause in her mind no doubt.

[betsuni]

99. +1

[George II]

114. She's on the ballot as as Democrat because, as she explained in her announcement email....

...."our People's Party isn't registered in Ohio yet, so I HAVE to run as a Democrat (caps mine). She went out of her way to point out that she's only reluctantly running as a Democrat.

That's not the kind of "democrat" that I'd be willing to vote for considering there is a highly qualified, talented, and LOYAL Democrat on the primary ballot.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

58. Who did turner vote for in 2016?

Link to tweet

[George II]

71. See my post #66 below. She's only running as a Democrat because she wasn't able to get her....

...."People's Party" registered in Ohio. So, as she put it, "I HAVE to run as a Democrat."

She's also the person that said about the choice between Biden and trump:

"You have a bowl of shit in front of you, and all you’ve got to do is eat half of it instead of the whole thing. It’s still shit."

[JanMichael]

5. Ha! I will use the term I hate...cancel Katie?!

As moderately reactionary as some folks are here now I can't imagine seeing that happen. I mean I can.

Cancel Katie!!!!!

[FelineOverlord]

10. Ha! I will use the term I hate...cancel Katie?!

I will not cancel Katie. I still appreciate her and her whiteboard.

But there are far better candidates who are REAL Democrats and not so toxic.

[womanofthehills]

81. Katie is going with the more progressive candidate

Nina has pushed buttons but is more in line with the Squad - more progressive on Green New Deal and Medicare for all than Brown.

[BannonsLiver]

6. Welp, there goes my admiration of Katie Porter forever

What a huge lapse in judgement, but if this is the way she really feels, maybe I read her wrong to begin with. Either way, buh-bye.

[Cha]

29. Ikr.. this is sickening..

who the fuck knew?!

[womanofthehills]

82. So Katie likes the more progressive candidate

Turner has already scored endorsements from progressive powerhouses including Sanders and Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.), Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Andy Levin (D-Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).

Individual endorsers include former Kentucky state lawmaker Charles Booker, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, and a host of faith leaders.

Actors and activists Danny Glover, Mark Ruffalo, and Susan Sarandon have also endorsed Turner.

She has also been endorsed by organizations including numerous unions and environmental groups, Justice Democrats, Our Revolution, Progressive Democrats of America, Roots Action, and the Working Families Party.

[Doremus]

148. All those formerly respectable people and organizations are now thrown on the pile of discards

How dare they have any thoughts or opinions contrary to centrist/moderate philosophy!

Begone! We only want loyal (mute) followers in our gargantuan tent! /s

[BannonsLiver]

230. Zero shits to give here on any of that.

It’s a cavalcade of people who are bad at politics, anyway. Not impressed at all.

[BannonsLiver]

232. Do you agree with Neena that voting for Joe Biden is like eating shit?

[sheshe2]

248. No comment.

[betsuni]

255. ...

[sheshe2]

256. ...

[GoCubsGo]

8. Ick.

"Disappointing" is a massive understatement. Hopefully, the people of that district will show better sense at the ballot box than this.

[OnDoutside]

24. The problem is if it's a low turnout election.

[multigraincracker]

9. I'll wait for her to whip out her white board

and explain. Until then, I won't judge her.

[HUAJIAO]

36. Me too.

[dalton99a]

13. WTF.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. She could have made the point without the ableist dig.

[Bev54]

16. I have sent a question to Katie Porter asking if this is true

that she is endorsing Nina Turner. I wonder if she will reply.

[Cha]

31. Thanks!

[Bev54]

40. I got a reply that confirmed that yes she did endorse her

but the reply was from one of her volunteers so she was unable to provide me her reasoning.

[Cha]

41. TY.. Turner said "..voting for Biden

is like eating shit.." & this was on July 28, 2020.. There is no reasoning, imv.

Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner Compares Voting For Biden To Eating ‘S**t’

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nina-turner-joe-biden_n_5f200c04c5b638cfec49ecd5

[Bev54]

42. I got another message suggesting that I send her a tweet to

have her explain her endorsement. I am not on twitter so if you or anyone else here is on twitter, can you please send her a tweet and ask her to explain her reasoning for the endorsement. I did tell the volunteer that most of the reaction to it, appears to be negative. If someone does tweet and she answers, please let me know what she says.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. I doubt that this endorsement will have any impact

Link to tweet

[womanofthehills]

86. Actually- Nina has raised so much more money than Brown

And is the projected winner.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

91. No votes have been caste yet

Nina is not a real Democrat. Here is her speech at the People‘s Party convention. Good luck in convincing people to vote for a Jill Stein supporter who called Joe Biden some nasty names

Link to tweet

[George II]

111. The projected winner? Who projected that?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

205. I was amused by that claim

It was so amusing that I laughed at it

[Gidney N Cloyd]

168. Has anyone checked to see where that $$ is coming from?

[womanofthehills]

186. Where is the money coming from - 1st quarter report

Nina Turner has raised a total of $2.2 million so far for her bid to succeed Marcia Fudge in Congress, while another leading candidate, Shontel Brown, has brought in $680,0000.

Turner, a former state senator and Cleveland City Council member, has developed a national profile as a leading Bernie Sanders supporter, and the campaign has pulled in donations from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with California as the top contributing state, followed by Ohio.

According to the campaign, Turner also has received contributions from every ZIP code in the 11th Congressional District, which reaches from Cleveland to Akron.

Brown, a county council member and chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, has collected endorsements from many local elected Democrats and construction labor unions. More than half of her contributions have come from Northeast Ohio, according to the campaign. https://www.ideastream.org/news/nina-turner-raises-22-million-for-congressional-campaign

[mcar]

227. The projected winner?

The primary hasn't happened yet.

[happybird]

19. WTH?

Is there verification of this or just a tweet from someone without a blue check by their Twitter handle?

It seems very out of character for Katie.

[SharonClark]

21. Good question. It's not on Turner's website.

Other Endorsements
Attorney General Keith Ellison
Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor
Mayor of Birmingham Randall Woodfin
Former Kentucky State Rep. Charles Booker
Marianne Williamson
Andrew Yang
Danny Glover
Michael Render
Mark Ruffalo
Stephen Bishop
Susan Sarandon
Morgan Harper

[WhiskeyGrinder]

32. It's on this website:

https://ninaturner.com/endorsements/

[mcar]

20. Very disappointing

[Cha]

27. And.. "..Disturbing.. "

Link to tweet

[mcar]

47. I'll make a donation

We need to keep 3rd party voter Nina Turner out of congress.

[Cha]

61. Yes We Can!

[OnDoutside]

22. Really disappointing....

[Cha]

28. And, "..Disturbing.."

Link to tweet

[OnDoutside]

30. Big misstep.

[Cha]

35. No doubt! Nina said voting for Joe Biden

is like shit".. &l this was after the primary..

Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner Compares Voting For Biden To Eating ‘S**t’

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nina-turner-joe-biden_n_5f200c04c5b638cfec49ecd5

[Hassin Bin Sober]

166. Katie Porter is a great Democrat! And she knows another great Democrat when she sees one!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

242. Nina is the founding member of a third party and a member of Just Us Democrats

How does campaigning for and voting for Jill Stein make Nina any type of Democrat? How does stating that voting for the clear and overwhelming winner of the Democratic nomination process is like eating shit makes Nina any type of Democrat? How is Nina a great Democrat? I would love an explanation. How do you define great?

[Cha]

23. Rt TY.. donation to Shontel Brown!

[Cha]

25. "As a constituent, I find Representative Porter's endorsement disturbing and disappointing."

Link to tweet

[Fiendish Thingy]

26. You should delete this post unless/until the claim in the tweet can be verified

First two pages of Google search only have one other tweet mentioning this, and this DU thread.

A lie travels around the world before the truth can get its pants on.

[Budi]

33. Confirmed by Turner herself. With a pic too!!

Link to tweet

I am thus Confirming My Donation to Shontel Brown OH-11

[StarfishSaver]

48. If Turner were lying, Porter would have set the record straight pretty quickly

[RegularJam]

53. I was kidding.

Thought it was one of my funnier posts.

[StarfishSaver]

56. Lol

Whoosh!

[TomSlick]

62. I recommend the use of the "sarcasm" smiley.

We do well in conversation sensing sarcasm. However, without tone of voice, facial expressions, or other cues in posts it its difficult to know if a post is meant to be sarcastic. As a frequent users of sarcasm, I have learned to include "To the extent needed, ."

It is a violation of the rules to personally attack Democratic figures, even those with whom we disagree. Questioning the veracity of a Democratic figure is a personal attack. If the rule applies to President Biden, it also applies to other public figures who identify themselves as Democrats.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

34. .

Link to tweet

[Cha]

38. Turner said "voting for Biden is like eating shit.."

& this was on July 28, 2020..

Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner Compares Voting For Biden To Eating ‘S**t’

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nina-turner-joe-biden_n_5f200c04c5b638cfec49ecd5

What the hell is Porter thinking?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

181. Katie Porter is a great Democrat! And she knows another great Democrat when she sees one!

[RegularJam]

43. That's really messed up.

Still love me some Katie Porter.

[PortTack]

45. Off to donate to Shontel Brown. Turner is a hateful sort, dislikes Biden

I could just see her voting against Biden’s agenda continuously

[womanofthehills]

87. No - she said will work with Biden

You guys never talk about either candidate’s policies. So you like Brown’s love of Israel despite Israel bombing apts and killing babies in their beds and demolishing the press building over the suffering of the Palestine people - then I guess Shantell Brown is your person.

[George II]

110. This is also what she said, which are we to believe:

Nina Turner, a co-chair of the Sanders campaign, told me she has no appetite for the choice she faces: “It’s like saying to somebody, ‘You have a bowl of shit in front of you, and all you’ve got to do is eat half of it instead of the whole thing.’ It’s still shit.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/how-trump-could-win-reelection/612205/

[Cuthbert Allgood]

149. So you DO support the candidate that supports Israel?

Because that was the question. It wasn't asking for the 30th posting of the bowl of shit statement.

[George II]

152. I support Shontel Brown. You can characterize her or my support any way you want.

[progressoid]

161. Seems Shontel Brown has some questionable actions as council member

When Shontel Brown was running for her seat on Cuyahoga County Council in 2014, she responded to questions about her links to the family of a major contractor by promising to “recuse herself from county contracts with ties to Mark Perkins as necessary.” Perkins, Brown’s partner, has longstanding ties to the Cleveland-based general contractor Perk.

On February 28, 2017, Brown deemed recusal unnecessary and voted with her colleagues to give a nearly $7 million contract to Perk. Ten weeks later, one of the firm’s owners helped organize a fundraiser that bankrolled a significant portion of her reelection campaign, making an in-kind donation of $2,000 at a fundraiser for Brown that netted her over $7,000, a significant sum in the low-budget world of Cleveland-area council races. In total, she has approved more than $17 million to Perk and has received $13,000 in campaign donations from the Perkins family and Perk’s current owners, the Cifani family.

Besides the $7 million contract in 2017, Brown also voted on three other occasions to approve Cuyahoga city contracts for Perk, totaling an additional $10 million between 2015 and 2019. And in August 2020, she voted in favor of contracts of $1.875 million to two firms, one headed by Mark Perkins’s sister and a second whose former vice president is another family member of Perkins. Perk and McTech, a company owned by Mark Perkins, are frequent and longtime business associates.

Perk was co-founded by Charles Perkins, the uncle of Brown’s longtime partner Mark. Perk’s current owners, the Cifani family, have been generous supporters of her campaigns for office. Brown received campaign contributions from the Perkins and Cifani families in her low-budget campaigns for county council and, before that, for city council in the Cleveland suburb of Warrensville Heights, where both she and her mentor, Marcia Fudge, got their political starts.

Yikes. That's the kind of stuff we normally chastise the GOP for.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

170. Yikes!

[progressoid]

239. Indeed.

She has also been asked to step down as local chair.

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2021/02/shontel-brown-must-resign-as-cuyahoga-county-democratic-party-chair.html

[George II]

171. She was just doing her job. So, where did that compilation of negative spin did that come from?

[Metatron]

175. I think you will appreciate this. I copied the last paragraph and Googled...

first hit is from the Intercept. I didn't waste my time after that. No wonder no source was included.

[George II]

177. Thanks for that. Hmmm, right?

[ChubbyStar]

179. Is the Intercept not an acceptable source to post?

You might want to alert on the post. Hmmm, right?

[George II]

182. They've been known to be anti-Democratic Party over the years.

[ChubbyStar]

184. The poster of the article is a long time DU member in good standing

I don't have a problem with the piece, regardless of your opinion of the Intercept. Have a nice day.

[George II]

185. What piece? Just looks like a few anonymous non-objective paragraphs to me....

[progressoid]

238. I didn't exclude it deliberately.

It was a simple oversight.

If you don't like that source, perhaps the Cleveland Plain Dealer

Shontel Brown must resign as Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chair
Updated Feb 19, 2021; Posted Feb 19, 2021

The Democratic Party wields enormous political power in Cuyahoga County, often deciding elections with its endorsements, when voters go armed into polling places with the party card of preferred candidates. But Shontel Brown, as chair of the county party, and buttressed by a leadership group loyal to her, exercises even greater power to pick intraparty winners and losers.

By controlling the party’s apparatus, Brown and her leadership team have the biggest say in which candidates get the backing, the money, the time and the endorsements of local labor and elected officials. They can influence, as well, who has the biggest “ins” with precinct clubs and other voter groups.

That’s why Brown must step down immediately as chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party in light of her long-announced candidacy for Congress.

She should have done so months ago -- as soon as she said in early December that she was running to replace her mentor, U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District. Fudge is the Biden administration’s choice as U.S. secretary of housing and urban development.

Fudge’s gold-plated Democratic district picks up parts of Greater Cleveland and Akron, so the Democratic primary field to replace her is already large and could get larger, since whoever wins the Democratic primary will almost certainly win the seat.

In deciding the winner of that Democratic primary contest, the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chair will play a large role.

Brown is already doing so now -- improperly, in her own favor.

more...https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2021/02/shontel-brown-must-resign-as-cuyahoga-county-democratic-party-chair.html

[progressoid]

233. Sorry I forgot the link.

I was in a hurry because, well, life.

So the article is here:

https://theintercept.com/2021/04/14/cleveland-cuyahoga-shontel-brown-contracts-nina-turner/

Written by these two guys:

Matthew Cunningham-Cook is a writer and researcher with expertise in health care, retirement policy, and capital markets. A contributor to The Intercept, he is a researcher for a nurses union in Pennsylvania. He was previously a public sector researcher for the Communications Workers of America, and has written for The Nation, Al Jazeera, and In These Times.

Sam Allard is the senior writer at Cleveland Scene Magazine, where he reports on politics, power, and justice in northeast Ohio. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and the NEOMFA at Cleveland State. Prior to Scene, he was a reporting fellow at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project in Sarajevo. His work has appeared in Vice and Slate and is forthcoming in Esquire.

[Autumn]

46. I like Katie Porter so I guess I'll donate to Nina Turner. Better kick some over to Katie Porter too

for when the Primary Porter bullshit starts.

[StarfishSaver]

50. Wow

Something my mother used to say about jumping off a bridge comes to mind. But she stopped having to say it when I became an adult.

[Autumn]

51. Wow? Kicking money to a couple of Democrats is horrible? Sorry, I don't hate people who

don't adore who I adore. It's such a waste of time.

[StarfishSaver]

54. Giving money to Nina Turner isn't "kicking money to a Democrat"

The problem isn't that anyone hates her. The problem is that she hates Democrats.

[Autumn]

59. She's running in a primary as a Democrat. Katie Porter endorsed her. I'm good with that

We need all the Democrats we can get.

[StarfishSaver]

60. Running as a Democrat doesn't make one a Democrat

And her past behavior and comments, including her hateful attacks on Joe Biden are complete disqualifiers for me - especially since she's running against a strong Democrat without that baggage. I don't trust her any further than I can throw her - I don't care what Katie Porter says.

[sheshe2]

251. You just did a Simone Biles.

[onenote]

76. Read post number 66 and then get back to us about how Turner is running as a Democrat.

Don't be fooled by her. She's doesn't want to be a Democrat. And she isn't one.

[Autumn]

105. She's running in the primary as a Democrat. I'm not fooled by anyone and she's more of a Democrat

than a couple of them.

[sheshe2]

79. Autumn.

You can't run in a Democratic party without registering as a Democrat. This does not mean she won't run as the Peoples Party or some such once elected.

[Autumn]

113. Totaly the opposite of what your mother used to say.

rofl: I'm not jumping off a bridge, I'm going to support a couple of Democrats. Like it or not Katie Porter is a Democrat, so is Nina Turner. Personaly the concept of hating someone I don't know is a foreign concept to me, yet many do. I trust Katie Porter's judgment. But I am petty enough that based on the people dragging on her now who adored her before she actualy did what she thought was best to do.

I'm a big fan of schadenfreude. And I might OD on it today

[StarfishSaver]

119. You are supporting only one Democrat, not two

The other person you are supporting is not a Democrat. She is a person who has been openly hostile to Democrats and has worked against us but is running in the Democratic primary AGAINST a Democrat.

It's funny that you referred to "hating someone you don't know." I never said anything about hate. I just pointed out that you have decided to support someone in a race you probably know very little about because one person you like supports them without having a clue about the person she's running against or whether she'd be better than the candidate you've decided to send money to.

And then you bragged about it as if that's something to be proud of instead of something representative of the kind of lemming-like behavior we laugh at when engaged in by clueless, uniformed people on the other side.

Fortunately, Democrats in Cleveland are more discerning and aren't likely to be fooled into supporting the opportunist in Democratic clothing solely because a Congresswoman from California likes her for some reason.

[Autumn]

120. You don't consider her a Democrat. Katie Porter does. And so do I.

[ChubbyStar]

122. Now that is getting to the point! Thank you for your brevity

I concur with you.

[Autumn]

124. Katie Porter is a law professor

She is amazing

[ChubbyStar]

128. I find it confusing that people are questioning her judgement

or flat out saying she doesn't have their support anymore. I stand with Katie.

[Autumn]

129. I hope she is re-elected by her district in a landslide

I stand with her too.

[sheshe2]

253. Short reference to Katie of her qualifications.

Katie Porter is a law professor

She is amazing

Me, I have been very impressed with Katie. Here I think she made a misstep.

Now please give a more rounded example of Nina's qualifications. I await your long list of accomplishments.

[Autumn]

254. I trust Porters judgment I like Progressives and I prefer Nina to Brown.

Since both are Dems I will support and donate to the one I prefer and that's the one Katie Porter endorsed.

No need to wait she, you will be waiting a long, long time.

[StarfishSaver]

262. What aspect of Shontel's platform do you believe Nina is better on?

Compare and contrast. Please be specific.

[womanofthehills]

88. I'm going to kick some over to Nina too

She can join the squad. We need more progressives in Congress. Actually, Brown is way way behind in fundraising. I myself prefer a candidate who will fight for Medicare for all and the Green New Deal. I’m also definitely not into a pro-Israel candidate.

[Autumn]

108. Same here. How things change, I was told last week by a guy that Katie Porter

is so much better her job than AOC because she's not a progressive. I should ask him what he think now huh. I started paying attention to her .

[maliaSmith]

49. Dissapointed Katie Porter endorsed Nina Turner.

So disgusted that Katie Porter, a woman I have a lot of respect for, endorsed Nina Turner. Nina is full of hate for most Democrats including President Biden and most eveyone else except Bernie.
If I could vote in Ohio election, I would never vote for her. Come on Katie. What's going on in your mind to endorse that woman.

[jalan48]

52. Great endorsement for Nina . Should help energize the Progressive base.

[StarfishSaver]

55. It's not going to help her much in Cleveland

[Cha]

64. I hope to hell not..

Link to tweet

[Cha]

63. Shontel Brown is Progressive

and didn't say ".. Voting for Pres Biden is like eating shit.." like nina turner did on July 28, 2020..

Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner Compares Voting For Biden To Eating ‘S**t’

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nina-turner-joe-biden_n_5f200c04c5b638cfec49ecd5

[jalan48]

67. She should benefit as well then.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

151. Your evidence (the upteenth posting of the "eating shit" quotation) doesn't support your claim.

What does something that Turner said have to do with Brown being a progressive?

And, on point, Do progressives support Israel in what they are doing with their bombings and not support MFA? Because Brown might want to check their notes on what they support if they are going to try to claim to be progressive.

[Cha]

191. Nina Turner was so Wrong

to say ... "..voting for Biden is like eating shit."

That's Not "progressive".

Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner Compares Voting For Biden To Eating ‘S**t’

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nina-turner-joe-biden_n_5f200c04c5b638cfec49ecd5

[Cuthbert Allgood]

220. What she said about Biden has no impact on her progressive policy support.

Was it a good thing to say? No. Does her saying it mean she isn't progressive? Also no. Also a non sequitur.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

224. I want a real Democrat to be the nominee and not someone who hates the party

I would prefer that a real Democrat be the party’s nominee and not a Just Us Democrat/third party founder who campaigned for and voted for Jill Stein. Merely being a progressive does not mean that Nina would represent this district. Nina is a founding member of that populist third party and is not loyal to the Democratic Party

Nina is running to be the nominee of the DEMOCRATIC Party and not her populist part.y or the Just Us Democrats. I do not trust Just Us Democrats

[Cha]

240. I don't see anything "progressive" about

her.. that's just a label.

She's Divisive.. trying to start a 3rd party right before the most important election of our lifetime.

https://peoplesparty.org/nina-turner-is-in/

Hey Nina .. We "Give A Shit about People" and so does President Joe Biden! If you would pay attention.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

266. This will make a great attack ad

Link to tweet

[betsuni]

269. Ugh.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

272. For whom?

The progressives voted for Biden. The Qanon right is NEVER going to vote for Biden or a Dem. You don't even need an ad for them. I don't think this gets the traction you think it will.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

273. For the GOP who want to suppress the vote of true or real Democrats

Russia used a number of tools in 2016 including promoting sanders to depress Democratic voter turnout. The release of the hacked emails and other materials by Russia/wikileakes helped depress turnout or to help Jill Stein. The GOP will use this material if Nina is the nominee to depress the turnout of normal or regular democrats.

A vote for Jill Stein was a vote for trump. Nina helped to elect trump in 2016 by campaigning for and voting for Stein

Just Us Democrats are only able to win in deep blue districts and cannot win in competitive districts. The GOP will be able to use these materials to make this race very competitive if Nina is the nominee

[Hortensis]

277. But her working to throw government to conservative ANTI-progressives

in 2016 had huge impact we're still in great danger from. There's a tremendous dissonance between what she said she's for and what she did. She flipped from supporting progressive policies to actively helping to defeat the party determined to enact those policies and elect those who promised to destroy them.

Now she insists she's back to supporting, but she still shows all the same signs and behaviors of 2015-2020.

Instability of purpose and extreme, dysfunctional reactions are a common pattern on the far left and right.

Also extremely common is turning and attacking their own ideological ankle when it offends them. That's why that third party they're trying to form will eventually self destruct even if they briefly get it off the ground, as has happened a few times over the past century.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

57. This endorsement will not help Nina

Link to tweet

[Cha]

68. Rtx2 Wow those are

great tweets.. TY!

[uponit7771]

65. Love me some Katie but Nina isn't a person I would want to associate with. She's the very example

... of letting perfect or good be the enemy of adequate and then not live up to her own purity metrics.

[George II]

66. In her announcement email, Nina Turner said "our People's Party isn't registered in Ohio yet, so....

....I'm going to HAVE to run for the Democratic nomination" (highlighting is mine)

So she's reluctantly running as a Democrat, she'd much rather run under her own party.

I wonder if Katie Porter was aware of Turner's characterization of Joe Biden, now PRESIDENT Biden, as a half-bowl of shit?

[BannonsLiver]

70. How long does it take to register a party?

They have several years. Even the Green Party imbeciles/nut jobs manage to get on the ballot most places. I’m not sure the Peoples Party could organize a trip to the mailbox at this point.

[George II]

72. Joe Lieberman, after he lost the Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut to Ned Lamont in 2006.....

....registered his "Connecticut for Lieberman" party in a matter of a few weeks.

But it takes signatures on a petition. If Turner couldn't get enough signatures to register a party, how will she do against the highly accomplished and capable Shontel Brown?

[Cha]

74. Looks like she's trying to hide all

that now..

Link to tweet

[betsuni]

84. I have a feeling she really does think we're too stupid to remember anything about her.

After all, we were too stupid to see that the Democratic Party is so evil and corrupt that Jill Stein was the only choice in 2016, and in 2020 is a bowl of shit.

I still snicker at the big fuss she made about being "seduced by donuts and water" by the DNC.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

126. You should post that tweet a few more times

Don't think we got it the first time around.

[Cha]

193. Nina's challenger, Shontel Brown has a comprehensive and impressive list of endorsements

Link to tweet

[George II]

196. I just can't wait for that all important endorsement to drop - that of Secretary Marcia Fudge.

[Cha]

200. Yes, HUD Sec Marcia Fudge, who

is loved and respected by OH District 11 endorsing Shontle Brown will be Awesome!

Democratic Party and serves on the County Council.

Over the last 10 years, Shontel Brown has developed a personal and professional rapport with Congresswoman Marcia Fudge. Through this relationship, Shontel has developed strong Democratic values and thoroughly understands the history and needs of the 11th Congressional District.



https://shontelbrown.com/

[betsuni]

197. Running as a "moderate Democrat" means she can't call Democrats neoliberal bowls of shit anymore.

One would think.

[Cha]

201. Yes, So Divisive like

starting a 3rd Party right before the Most Important Election in History!

https://peoplesparty.org/nina-turner-is-in/

Hey Nina .. We "Give A Shit about People" and so does President Joe Biden! If you would pay attention.

[Budi]

199. Sure! If you wish.

Link to tweet

[George II]

203. It can't be posted enough. Think I'll do it again!

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

208. Do you have any evidence that Nina has apologized for her attacks on the party?

Has Nina apologized for campaigning and voting for Jill Stein? Has Nina apologized hor her rants about voting for the clear winner of the Democratic nomination being like eating shit? Why should actual members of the Democratic Party vote for someone who helped the former guy win in 2016 and who attacked out nominee in 2020?

BTW why should someone who is a founding member of a third party and who is a member of the Just Us Democrats be the nominee of the party? Should the nominee of the party be a real member of the Democratic Party?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

92. Here is that speech

Link to tweet

?s=20

[OnDoutside]

93. "No more lousy peace. We can both slay the Neofascist. Slay the Neoliberal... So, yeah, this is Revo

lution Time."

A-a--a-a-lrighty .....

[betsuni]

96. That populist revolution nonsense is totally out of fashion in 2021.

[sheshe2]

192. She is advocating killing people.

"No more lousy peace. We can both slay the Neofascist. Slay the Neoliberal... So, yeah, this is Revo

slay:

kill (a person or animal) in a violent way

We don't need this kind of rhetoric in our congress. She may be running as a Dem...the only way she can run in our primary for money and media. She has said outright that she is not a Dem and voted Jill Stein. She claims The new Peoples Party as her own.

This is not who we are, so much explosive anger is not healthy for this nation.

[betsuni]

195. But I see people saying that people change and what was said last year is "ancient history."

Hilarious! Like saying the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol was just what tourists usually do.

Also hilarious is how someone who promoted Jill Stein and helped form a new third party and called Job Biden a bowl of shit, refused to vote for the Democratic presidential candidates because they're just as bad as Republicans, is now a nice regular Democrat. Still don't know what the hell is "neoliberal" about the Democratic Party.

[sheshe2]

198. Absurd, isn't it.

We have enough Greene's in congress. We don't need another.

[NurseJackie]

102. Does this mean Turner is NOT a loyal Democrat? She views Democrats as inferior?

[aocommunalpunch]

77. LMAO

And just like that, support for Rep. Porter disappears. Just nuts.

[RandiFan1290]

97. Democrats still support her. nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

78. Nina campaigned for Jill Stein

Link to tweet

[Autumn]

123. Katie Porter is a law professor

She is amazing

[LetMyPeopleVote]

144. Porter is also evidently part of the Just Us Democrats

This is very disappointing

Link to tweet

[Autumn]

145. I don't care who backs Katie Porters up. As long as they back her.

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

146. Does Porter approve of this speech by Nina?

Link to tweet

[Autumn]

147. I don't work for Katie Porter. I simply like her. You can ask her.

But I would think that as smart as Katie Porter, she's a law professor you know, she would have done her homework. She kills when she's going after Republicans.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

155. I lost all respect for Porter when I found that she is a Just Us Democrat

This endorsement is a bad move by Porter

Link to tweet

[Autumn]

158. Just like you, Katie Porter has the right to support, or not support whomever she wants to.

I have found when some people hate certain groups or consider them to be horrible, like the Justice Democrats, I give them a second look and see where they are coming from and I usualy find domething they have done that is good. Kind of like we do with conservative Democrats from red states.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

164. What has the Just Us Democrats done that is positive?

I am on the Just Us Democrat mailing list and their emails are extremely sad. These emails are so bad that they are funny I was glad the Just Us dem lost her primary in Texas because she would lost if she was the general election candidate. Again theJust Us Democrats daily emails are so bad that they are funny.

Tina voted and campaigned for Jill Stein and attacked Joe Biden after Joe easily won the nomination. Porter support of turner is a bad move.

[Autumn]

167. Maybe check the spelling? I also like Jamaal Bowman.

I stand with Katie Porter. Justice Democrats also supported Neera Tanden for OMB director

?t=85

[LetMyPeopleVote]

172. Why? What have the Just Us Democrats accomplished?

What had the Just Dems accomplished?

[sheshe2]

207. Crickets...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

209. I am willing to wait for this answer

The emails from the Just Us Democrats list no accomplishments. Why should any real Democrat vote for the Just Us Democrats?

[George II]

156. I believe that speech was being made WHILE the 2016 Democratic National Convention was in session.

[betsuni]

169. Nina's been a superdelegate, lobbyist, now Democrat (establishment): things she's been demonizing

for years. And PACs. But money in politics (status quo) and being establishment and so on is different if it's you (the pure and self-righteous).

[LetMyPeopleVote]

244. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[Autumn]

250. Of course it does.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

252. Was Nina even invited to this event?

Did Nina attend this event?

[Autumn]

257. You don't know how to use Google Let My People Vote? I'm not clicking on your link

Go find someone else to harass You are going through my posts here and responding to them, sometimes twice. That's so silly and petty. You are not winning me over to Brown's side, I will support the Democrat of my choice.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

258. LOL

So Nina either was not invited or decided that she would not attend an event with the most popular person in the Democratic Party

[Autumn]

259. I told you I'm not clicking your link. I'm not your information booth and if you know the answer to

your question, which I'm sure you do, you are just trolling. Now I'm going to put you back on ignore.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

263. How will a non-member of the party hope to win a special election contest w/o help from Biden?

The thesis/premise of this thread is that contrary to all evidence, Nina is supposed to be a member of the Democratic Party solely based on the endorsement of another member of the Just Us Democrat faction. If Nina become the nominee of the party, she will need help from Biden and the party to win a general election contest in a special election contest. You do understand that special elections are low turnout elections and a candidate who is not on good terms with the most popular member of the party will have issues winning a special election in the real world.

I have a feeling that the nominee of the party will be better off having Joe Biden campaign for her compared to having a Just Us Democrat from California campaigning for her.

It is important that we win this special election and I hope that our nominee will be able to campaign with help from the party and not rely solely on Just Us Democrats.

[George II]

264. Methinks she's a reluctant "Democrat"....

It’s official! Sen. Nina Turner is running for Congress. She’s running for the seat vacated by Rep. Marcia Fudge, who Joe Biden has chosen as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The People’s Party isn’t on the ballot in Ohio yet so she will have to run as a Democrat, but we can’t think of anyone better to win that seat and bring a friend of the People’s Party to Congress.

https://peoplesparty.org/nina-turner-congress/

So apparently she's not interested in bringing a DEMOCRAT to Congress, but a "friend of the People's Party"!!!

On the other hand we have the most accomplished Democrat who DID attend the event today:

Link to tweet

[George II]

154. Wasn't that back when Porter tried to get Maxine Waters' Financial Services Committee downgraded....

...so she could serve on that committee and two other committees?

[oasis]

83. This could be the first time Katie failed to do her homework.

[womanofthehills]

127. So, Katie needs to support the pro Israel candidate

And the candidate who is lukewarm on Medicare for all????

[George II]

157. There is MUCH more to Shontel Brown than her support of Israel. But what's wrong with....

....supporting Israel?

[Cuthbert Allgood]

150. Porter and Turner are much closer on their policy support.

How did you miss that?

[ChubbyStar]

153. Maybe the poster forgot to do their homework like they said Katie might have

[Cha]

190. You mean like Nina say8ing "Voting for Biden

is like eating shit.."?

Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner Compares Voting For Biden To Eating ‘S**t’

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nina-turner-joe-biden_n_5f200c04c5b638cfec49ecd5

Turner was so Wrong.

[sheshe2]

210. I have noticed no one ever bothers to answer your question.

They never bother to hold her responsible for that vicious statement, Cha.

[betsuni]

217. Comparing eating shit to voting for Trump, yes. Republicans did that.

Voting for a Democrat? For Joe Biden? Even more moronic than "lesser of two evils." Conspiracy theories and massive stupidity.

[BootinUp]

85. Somehow I'm not surprised. Nt

[kcr]

89. I thought she was smarter than that

Very disappointing.

[Sunsky]

101. I thought Katie Porter had good judgment

She is certainly not displaying it here. Nina Turner can herself go eat sh*t. She is not a Democrat. I hate when people use the party name for their own political gain. She has on multiple occasions, voted against and encourage others to vote against Democratic candidates. What is Katie Porter thinking? Turner seems to be a selfish person who lashes out if things do not go her way. If we were all like Nina Turner, there'd still be a President Trump.

[pecosbob]

107. Okay...DU Dems fighting over dumb shit again.

[Luciferous]

160. Ha, yep

[Cuthbert Allgood]

109. So Porter likes the more progressive candidate. Who would have thought?

Oh, yeah, that actually makes sense.

Plus, all the people in here that are on the Turner hate train would 100% have jumped on Turned if she made the "sanity" comment, but somehow it seems to get a pass from most everyone here.

[BannonsLiver]

231. Isn't she the one who said voting for Biden was like eating shit?

Case closed. Take a seat, bruh.

[George II]

234. She certainly is. She's also the one who grudgingly said she "had" to run as a Democrat because....

....her people's party wasn't registered in Ohio yet.

Yeah, that's the kind of Democrat we need in the House.

[BannonsLiver]

237. "But she's so progressive!1111"

[Cuthbert Allgood]

235. You going to tell Porter to take a seat?

And I'm not planning to take a seat. Unless you were somehow recently made the internet monitor.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

245. This makes me smile

Last edited Fri May 28, 2021, 12:56 AM - Edit history (1)

Link to tweet

[Cha]

261. Beautiful pic of Pres Biden &Shontel Brown!

TY Rt!

[sheshe2]

265. We already have Greene on the far right spewing filth.

We do not need a candidate that likens voting for Biden to eating a bowl of shit. Do we? Do we need this in congress? Do we? The answer should be No. Hell No.

This is not who we are or where we wish to go moving forward. I love Katie. However she made a huge mistake endorsing this divisive figure who by her own words is only running as a Dem because her party, The Peoples Party is not on the ballot. THESE ARE HER OWN WORDS.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

271. Comparing the progressive wing to the Qanon group.

Solid. Nice tactic.

[sheshe2]

275. I don't believe Nina is...

I don't believe Nina is the 'entire progressive wing of the party' and I made no such comparison. I was speaking about one person and one person only...that would be Nina.

If you are okay with her words about our Democratically elected President, then by all means throw your support behind her.

[Tarheel_Dem]

274. Ding! Ding! Ding! My thoughts exactly. I can envision Turner being a very divisive figure....

within the party. She's made quite clear, over the years, just how she feels about the Democratic party. I hope she is soundly defeated by Shontel, so that she finally gets the message that we don't care for her any more than she cares for us.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

280. Shontel Brown is the superior candidate for #OH11

Link to tweet

[Doremus]

132. As I drive around my NE Ohio neighborhood I see several Nina Turner yard signs

Haven't seen a single one for her opponent(s).

Nina represented this area for years and her former constituents here know how hard she fights for us.

Anyway, thanks for the reminder to send her another donation.

[George II]

176. When I drive around our neighborhood in CT, I see a trump sign, no Biden signs. Biden took CT by 20%

[Bettie]

139. Personally, I don't much care for Turner

however, I also disagree with politicians on a regular basis.

I disagree with a lot of people on a regular basis.

What I don't do is say they are dead to me the second I disagree with them.

Katie Porter is amazing, she's a force to be reckoned with in congress.

So, you disagree with her about this, big freaking deal.

[SunImp]

187. +1

What I don't do is say they are dead to me the second I disagree with them.
Only petty fanatics do that

[Luciferous]

159. Oh well, I still love Katie Porter!

[progressoid]

162. DU has spoken. UNDER THE BUS YOU GO KATIE!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

163. Katie Porter is a great Democrat! And she knows another great Democrat when she sees one!

[George II]

173. Who might that be? (btw, welcome to the discussion!)

[LetMyPeopleVote]

215. Has Nina apologized for campaigning and voting for Jill Stein?

Has Nina apologized for comparing voting for the clear and overwhelming winner of the Democratic nomination to eating shit? How can one be a great Democrat when they are a founding member of a third party?

I look forward to seeing nina’s apology

[Bleacher Creature]

183. Well that sucks. I was really hoping it was a mistake, but it's real.

Sigh.

[George II]

188. This showed up on Twitter a few minutes ago!

Link to tweet

[Cha]

214. lol Rt TY! Yes, ELECT Shontell Brown!

https://shontelbrown.com/

[oasis]

229. Nice pic of Shontel with Congresswoman Fudge of OHIO.

Our new HUD Sec. Fudge of OHIO.

Thanks Cha

[Cha]

241. I know.. I love it!

Mahalo, oasis!

[Demsrule86]

222. Soon as I sell my house, I am sending a big donation.

[Iggo]

236. So disappointed with DU right now.

One endorsement, and it’s fuck Katie Porter.

Jeezus kryst, people.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

246. Did Nina show up for this event? Shontel was at today's event

Link to tweet

[Cha]

260. Yeah right.. we know how Nina feels

about President Biden.

Mahalo for this tweet, LMPV!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

267. Yes we do know from her own words

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[Cha]

268. Full Display how bad

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her judgment is.

I don't think she pays attention to what's going on with our Democracy & President Biden now.. seems too bitter to see the reality.

ETA~

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[George II]

270. So she's expanded beyond the bowl of shit and you have to eat half of it to TWO bowls of shit and...

....you have to eat one of them. At least that interview with The Atlantic wasn't a one-time deal, she actually believes that.

And last year's election was a choice between a "neo-fascist" and a "neo-liberal"? I suspect she doesn't know what the prefix "neo" really means, but she sure likes to put that in front of words, even if it doesn't really mean anything in the real world.

That one wants to be our nominee in November instead of this woman?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

276. This makes me smile

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