Rhode Island Democrats RESCIND Endorsements Following Backlash

[Totally Tunsie]

After creating national backlash, RI comes to its senses!

[link:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rhode-island-democrats-rescind-endorsements-following-backlash-n889026|

[msongs]

1. good first step, maybe some resignations are in order as well nt

[Jim Lane]

2. No, they rescinded two but left two others in place

Four endorsements drew flak. Two were rescinded.

From the article you linked:

However, the party is sticking with two other controversial endorsements against progressive female incumbents in the September Democratic primary.

All four women have challenged what they see as the political machine that runs the state.

. . . .

As a rule, parties almost always support incumbents, which is one reason why the slate of endorsements sparked uproar when it was announced earlier this week, including from elected Democrats in the state.

So the best we can say is that the Rhode Island Democratic Party has come halfway to its senses.

[Ace Rothstein]

3. I'm curious.

Have any of the posters who say no incumbent Democrat should be primaried commented on this one?

[Jim Lane]

5. Good question!

I do know that, in at least one thread where people were getting all enthusiastic about the challenger who's primarying Tulsi Gabbard, there were no posts from the never-any-primary-ever-or-at-least-not-until-Trump-is-gone crowd.

It's not inconsistent for someone to support such a primary challenge (against Tulsi or the Rhode Island legislators) on the basis that the challenger is better. What is inconsistent is for people to say that there's a supposedly general principle (don't waste money and effort on primaries because we must prioritize fighting Republicans), but then apply that supposedly general principle only when the primary challenge comes from the left.

[Tatiana]

4. Great. Moira Walsh thinks she may get a fair race now. What a disgrace for the RI Dems.

“You guys called, emailed and carrier pigeoned the dem party until they finally caved. I officially have a fair race,” Walsh wrote on Twitter. “To be clear (McNamara) gets no brownie points for the take backsies. I won’t forget what happened here.”

Nor should you forget. With friends like these....

But she urged supporters to donate to her two colleagues still facing party-backed primary challengers, including one of the only black women in the State House.

This is a complete outrage. They are still refusing to endorse competent, progressive, DEMOCRATS who have proved they can win.

[Hortensis]

6. Tatiana, this season Dems would endorse a

spavined cow if they thought it had the best chance of winning. Walsh didn't want the party's support, and note that she specifically asked her supporters to donate to candidates her state party opposes.

Who's the big opponent here? The Democratic Party or the Republican?

These children NEED to be with their families. If we don't get control of congress, some may not see them again. Ever.



Frankly there're clearly way too many bad choices and screwing up going on in RI. It's pretty pathetic if a Trump supporter can seem the party's best option to fight the Republicans with, but I would vote for a spavined cow gladly if it gave us another seat in congress.