Rhode Island Democrats RESCIND Endorsements Following Backlash

[Totally Tunsie]

Source: NBC News

Facing a progressive insurgency in a state largely run by Democrats who oppose abortion rights and enjoy favorable ratings from the National Rifle Association, the party released a slate of endorsements earlier this week which critics said was aimed at punishing three female state legislators who ousted old-guard members two years ago, along with a fourth women running for an open state Senate seat this year.

In a letter to Rhode Island's secretary of state dated Wednesday, McNamara withdrew the Democratic Party's endorsement of Michael Earnheart, a former Republican who voted for President Donald Trump running against progressive state Rep. Moira Jayne Walsh. The party also withdrew its endorsement of a former state senator with multiple drunken driving arrests, who is vying for the open state Senate seat. Now, the party will not endorse a candidate in either race.


Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rhode-island-democrats-rescind-endorsements-following-backlash-n889026

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Rhode Island comes to its senses!

[calimary]

1. What the hell were they thinking?

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. I'm glad that they've come to their senses

I'm glad that they've come to their senses but they never should've endorsed these people in the first place. This was a unforced error on their part. Let's hope they've learned from this mistake.

[irisblue]

3. Good move. Late though

[marble falls]

4. We need to tack further left.

[ChiTownDenny]

5. Heck,

further to the center would be an improvement with these Bozos.

[marble falls]

8. How did we become a centralist party anyway??? But you're right.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. Phone calls work...put's the scare in their cushy jobs. nt

[rtracey]

7. Fuck Politicians

These guys and women have ZERO integrity. What ever happened to "we serve our people", not "we line our pockets"... be it state, national, even the Supreme Court has lost all its integrity. They are supposed to be fair, and non-political....wrong, they vote party lines.

IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THE NRA, YOU ARE NO DEMOCRAT......PERIOD

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. I don't call that "coming to its senses"

No endorsement in a race where an incumbent progressive Democratic woman is running against a man who voted for Trump? That does not make sense. I guess one can call it a partial retreat from an untenable position.

[progressoid]

10. Exactly.

These party machine decisions keep pushing good people away.