'It's a disgrace': Progressives take aim at Buffalo mayor's DNC post

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown infuriated progressives with his winning write-in campaign last week against the democratic socialist who beat him in the primary.

Now prominent left-wing Democrats are calling for the veteran New York mayor’s head, urging Democrats to strip Brown of his position on the Democratic National Committee.

“When you pull a stunt like this, somebody wins a primary, a working-class woman, and you go to every rich donor in both parties to fund a write-in campaign … it’s a disgrace,” said Larry Cohen, chair of the Bernie Sanders-aligned group Our Revolution.

Cohen, a DNC member himself, said he plans to organize an effort to press Democrats to remove Brown from his post on the national committee. And on Monday, India Walton, the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Buffalo mayor, threw her weight behind the move: “Not only do I support the DNC revoking Byron Brown's post; I believe it would set a dangerous precedent not to,” she said in a statement to POLITICO.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/progressives-seek-payback-buffalo-write-234017707.html

[brooklynite]

1. Strip a Democrat (who actually WON an election) from the DNC...seems reasonable.

[JohnSJ]

2. This is a disgrace. How can we criticize republicans when they do something similar to this in

Kentucky against the Democratic Governor, when they are doing the same thing

The Mayor won the election by a huge margin, and they want to override the will of the people which was that the elected Mayor should not have his responsibilities stripped

[NowISeetheLight]

5. Exactly.... Sounds like something Trump would do...

Threatening all the GOPs who voted for the infrastructure bill as an example. The voters have spoken.

[JohnSJ]

6. Exactly

[Me.]

3. He Had Every Right To Do A Write In & Was Clearly Who The People Of Buffalo Wanted

He won by a good margin and this feels very like sour grapes to me.

[MustLoveBeagles]

4. More Democratic infighting is the last thing we need right now

[empedocles]

7. We've seen this problem a number of times before - often with bad results.

At some point it would be good if some would learn from past missteps.

[Nixie]

8. LOL, this is awesome. Sounds like some folks caught

voters unaware in a primary, but they found out who the people really wanted.

Love it! 🤩

[PBC_Democrat]

9. A Majority of D Primary Voters May Have Wanted Walton

But the majority of Buffalo voters wanted Brown.

Seems simple enough to me.

[question everything]

10. Did not bother them when Sanders - a non Democrat - wanted our votes

[MichMan]

11. Given the inherent disadvantage of anyone undergoing a write in campaign in the first place

Clearly the voters made their preferences known on who they wanted. The progressives are showing how little respect they have for the voters and frankly are just looking like sore losers.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Please link to when and where I said what you're accusing me of

I think you're confusing me with someone else.

[Celerity]

14. sorry it was a duplicate OP, I clicked on yours by mistake, apologies