Nina Turner is running for Congress.

[StrictlyRockers]

You can donate here:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/snt-em-jan22/

Please don't all rush to donate to her at the same time, DU, you don't want to overwhelm the site.

[DURHAM D]

1. .

[brewens]

2. God forbid anyone in Congress sees to it that our tax dollars do good things for us. By that I mean,

without a huge handout to the wealthy that still widens the wealth gap.

[LENNY0229]

9. God forbid anyone electis a raving NUT like Turner.

[tritsofme]

12. So you think that Rep. Shontel Brown is doing bad things for us with our tax dollars?

[Hortensis]

19. :) Shontel's a Democrat who's making Turner types sad.

How can they get elected if people aren't anxious enough to grasp at radical rhetoric -- from the sorts who could believe refusing to fulfill any and all campaign promises would be virtuous as long as it might help get more of them elected?

[obamanut2012]

13. lol

[betsuni]

15. Our tax dollars doing good things for us, like the Biden administration/Democrats try to do?

Why do you think Democrats help the wealthy? That old populist anti-Democratic bullshit about corruption and something abut capitalism and oligarchs? Zero Democratic votes for Trump tax cuts. What are you talking about?

[hlthe2b]

18. I'd suggest you vote for actual Democrats... Don't be fooled by wolves in "false progressive" sheep

clothing.

Turner has shown her true self over and over and over and over. TURNER indeed. Biden is NOT a "bowl of shit" and the person who said that (Turner) is (by her own words) NOT a DEMOCRAT. Consider that jurists, if someone deigns to alert my post.

[mcar]

23. Which has nothing to do with this grifter, who, by the way,

is not a Democrat.

[George II]

42. Did Shontel Brown do that, and are you sure Nina Turner won't? A member of the House....

....is only one of 435. None of them do something that you're claiming on his/her own.

What type of handouts are you talking about?

[Historic NY]

3. What party is she running under this time?

[NurseJackie]

10. She compared Joe Biden to a BOWL OF SHIT and voted for JILL STEIN instead of Hillary.

She's active in organizing her own third-party known as the "People's Party". She only reluctantly runs as a Democrat because the People's Party isn't viable enough to even make it on the ballot (yet) but that doesn't mean they aren't viable enough to be an effective spoiler party (like Jill Stein was with her Green Party idiocy.) There's a video of a Nick Brana and another founder wherein he admits that the plan was to elect Turner on the Democratic ticket... and then to have her switch party affiliation after she was sworn-in. That was supposed to be their BIG MOMENT.


https://peoplesparty.org/about/leadership/

Nick Brana
Founder and Political Outreach Coordinator

Nick was the national political outreach coordinator with Bernie 2016 and electoral manager with Our Revolution. He is a first generation American, his family having come to the U.S. from Chile. He enjoys sci-fi and imagining the world as it could be.

[George II]

43. Last year when she first ran against Shontel Brown (and lost), this is how....

....her Democratic candidacy was characterized by her allies in the People's Party, the party she co-founded:

"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..."

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

[Ocelot II]

4. Whichever *real* Dem runs against her in the primary, I'll donate to them.

[jxla]

7. Shontel Brown is running for reelection. n/t

[bottomofthehill]

5. Nina, how can I miss you if you won't go away.

Please, just go away

[NoRethugFriends]

6. Alernately

How can i miss you when you won't go away

[LENNY0229]

8. She's NUTTY.

[Hortensis]

11. Yuck, but good news is local political experts say she'll find it much harder

this time than last, when the race was assumed to be hers to lose because of her name recognition and big outside money. Attention this year is already on the big threat -- on the Republicans -- and incumbent Shontel Brown is doing a solid job.

“Let’s face it, there are bigger fish to fry,” David Cohen, a professor of political science at the University of Akron’s Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, told JI. “This is a very steep uphill battle for her. I just don’t see how she’s going to make it to the summit.” Jeff Rusnak, a Democratic strategist ..., agreed. “Maybe it’s kind of odd for Nina to pick this fight at this moment. I think it’s a lot tougher now than it was last year.”

And of course OH-11th's voters now know more about her. That she advised people not to vote Democratic in 2016 for instance. And they're likely to remember that Turner ran this time on opposing the Democratic Party's infrastructure and jobs creation bill we'd promised the people -- because passing our $1.2 trillion investment in people's wellbeing would be a bigger betrayal than doing nothing.

Rep. Brown voted for it two days after being sworn in and, as below, is now reporting to her constituents on the dozens of very needed projects in their area, plus many more to come, which are also designed to create many good new jobs for her constituents.

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2021/12/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-is-already-delivering-for-northeast-ohio-shontel-m-brown.html

Speaking of, yesterday the Ag Department announced they've just funded another 731 infrastructure projects in rural communities in 51 states and territories, including those of native tribes, going for everything from building a desperately needed state-of-the-art hospital in western Alabama to a new fire truck for Sabula, Iowa. That $1B is just a little part of what's happening.

(Eat THAT, Turner.)

[cinematicdiversions]

14. I guess Putin's check cleared. NT

[betsuni]

16. Yes, just say "grassroots" a lot and all the money used to attack the Democratic Party

as corrupt corporate monsters is working class grassroots "speaking truth to power" like they think the Tea Party was grassroots.

[hlthe2b]

17. I won't say what I'd LIKE to donate... (but it certainly isn't $$$)

Go away, Turner. You are aptly named. (Think about it).

[George II]

44. I can guess. Does it have anything to do with what she called Democratic Candidate and now....

...Democratic President Joe Biden in comparison to trump?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. I am not a fan of the brand new congress or the Justice Democrats

Link to tweet

[StrictlyRockers]

21. I am.

But you're entitled to your opinion, too.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. I have been following Our Revolution and Justice Democrats for a while

I have been following the Our Revolution and the Justice Democrats and their predecessors for a while including the "brand new congress group" and other groups created by Zack Exley, Waleed Shahid, Cenk, Kyle Kulinksi and their ilk. I am on the Justice Democrat email list, and I have even listened once or twice to the Justice Democrat podcast which is amusingly called "Just Us" democrats. The Justice Democrats emails are fun to laugh at and I love the hatred this group shows to the Democratic Party, establishment Democrats and best of all corporate democrats. The posts attacking the DCCC and the regular Democratic Party for raising money to elect real Democrats are really amusing.

There is a large number of posters on twitter who have issues with the concept of the Justice Democrat group and its affiliates wanting to take over the Democratic party and remake into their image.

Link to tweet

The concept that the Justice Democrats want to take over the Democratic Party is wrong

Link to tweet

Again, the above posts are consistent with the hatred of the Democratic Party that I see on the almost daily emails that I get from the Justice Democrats.

As you noted, you are free to support the groups you like, and I will support the groups that I like. I was very pleased when Nina was soundly defeated in the first primary and it will be interesting to see if she can improve on the really bad campaign she ran last time.

[StrictlyRockers]

24. I hope they do take over the Democratic Party.

It's in need of an overhaul.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. I strongly disagree

I am and have been a proud member of the Democratic Party for a very long time.

[StrictlyRockers]

29. Like I said, you're entitled to your opinion.

...even if it's wrong.

And if you're looking to obtain clout for being on DU the same amount of time as me, then that's awesome! Because then we both are blessed with equal amounts of clout for being old-timers here. I didn't realize that I was entitled to mention it in posts to farm clout. Thanks!

Anyway, I strongly disagree with your opinion on Nina, but I don't expect anyone on DU to change their minds.

Thanks for conversing. Good day.

[Celerity]

40. that poster often posts that twitter troll (JusticeDemWatch) who is obsessed with smearing lefties

That twitter troll is insanely obsessed (to extraordinarily creepy and cringe levels) with AOC (worst I have seen on twitter, they have hundreds of tinfoil posts on her). They have an incredible amount of batshit crazy conspiracy theories rolling for ages on their twitter feed. It is a cesspool.


Here they are smearing the fuck out of the frontrunner for the 2022 US Senate PA race (and sitting Democratic Lt Governor) Fetterman

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

here is that twitter troll taking a shit on the WI 2022 US Senate clear frontrunner (and also sitting Democratic Lt Governor) Mandela Barnes, labelling him as some sort of stalking horse that needs to avoided.

It is also the height of disingenuousness, as the reason the twitter troll gives for Mandela Barnes being some sort of stalking horse secret enemy of the Dems is simply that Barnes was endorsed by the Working Families Party, the very same party that endorsed Joe Crowley when he lost in the 2018 NY-14 primary to that twitter troll's arch enemy, AOC.

Crowley even appeared on the 2018 general election ballot on the WFP ticket. It is balatant selective outrage and pure hypocrisy.

Link to tweet

It is outrageous that this trash twitter account is posted here. If any DU poster typed out the same things they say in many of their other tweets, they would banned within a short time, but the 'Twitter loophole' (unlike people often do with websites posted here, most people do not go look at a tweeter's background, so pure twitter trolls often skate) so far protects this shit twitter troll and allows them a profoundly undeserved voice here.

[George II]

45. LetMyPeopleVote, I believe you've just been called out ("that poster")! By the way:

John Fetterman isn't the "frontrunner for the 2022 US Senate PA race". He's not even yet the nominee. Did you see the results of the endorsement vote of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party yesterday?

Lamb 169
Fetterman 64
Kenyatta 42

The true frontrunner for the NOMINATION is Conor Lamb, who received more votes than the other two combined. He wasn't officially endorsed since it takes 2/3 of the vote, but he came mighty close.

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

46. I was amused by those posts also

[RandomNumbers]

51. I do not trust Conor Lamb to protect women's rights

And the fact that anyone attending the state convention actually voted to endorse Kenyatta shows how effed the state party is.

We needed to avoid a bruising primary fight. There is no way in hell that a black guy named "Kenyatta" is going to win a state-wide race in Pennsylvania.

I am disappointed that "personally" (yeah right) not-pro-choice Lamb got so many votes. If he's the nominee I'll vote for him. But Fetterman is a great candidate for PA and it would be a shame to settle for a centrist Dem when we have a progressive with broad appeal.

[George II]

52. I don't know that Lamb has ever come out against abortion politically. There are a number....

....of members of Congress who are "personally" ("yeah right"?) against abortion but are pro-choice.

Plus we have a President who is pro-choice but personally/religiously is not in favor of abortion. Someone can hold both opinions and be objective in office.

Has Lamb ever voted against a women's right to choose? I don't think so.

[Kahuna]

50. Same. I believe it should be against DU rules to call out twitter users...

on DU. If you have an issue with a twitter user, do it over there where they have an opportunity to respond.

[betsuni]

27. Could you please explain how it's in need of an overhaul?

[betsuni]

34. You said the Democratic Party needs an overhaul and won't explain why?

[Cha]

38. The Democratic Party is Doing an

Excellent job.. Most of them.. there's a few who are NOT Supporting our Pres Biden's agenda, though..

JD is NOT gong to do any "taking over" of our Democratic party.

So glad NT LOST the last time and Shontel Brown WON.

Rep Shontel Brown is a Rising Star in my Party.

[George II]

47. Both Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats (they were founded by a core of the same people)....

....are admittedly anti-Democratic Party.

Brand New Congress was founded by Saikat Chakrabarti, Alexandra Rojas, and Zack Exley.

Justice Democrats was founded by Cenk Uygur, Saikat Chakrabarti, Kyle Kulinski, and Zack Exley. Alexandra Rojas is now Executive Director of the organization.

One need only to subscribe Justice Democrats' email list to get an idea of their disdain for the Democratic Party. Or follow the Twitter accounts of any of those mentioned above.

[tishaLA]

26. Is the Kenyatta reference about Malcolm Kenyatta?

The Philadelphia Democrat? Because if he's mixed up with them it's super disappointing.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. Yes, that candidate is supported by the Justice Democrats

Link to tweet

[tishaLA]

31. Damn and SMH. He's always seemed reasonable

and committed to the party. FWIW, if I were in PA, I'd be supporting Fetterman who, despite being more liberal, seems to represent the spirit of PA better than Lamb IMO ( grew up there)--very blue collar, take no shit approach that even people who don't like his politics can appreciate.

[StrictlyRockers]

32. Jon Fetterman will make an excellent senator from Pennsylvania.

I really hope he wins!

[Cha]

39. I think Rep Conor Lamb will make

an Excellent Senator from Pennsylvania!

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

35. The Justice Democrat candidates did not do well

Link to tweet

?

[Cha]

36. Rt TY.. they're so freaking

Obvious.

[krawhitham]

30. Hard Pass

[Cha]

37. I DONATE to Rep Shontel Brown..

who's doing an Excellent job in Congress.

I don't want NT's Insults anywhere near the US Congress.

[George II]

41. Are you talking about THIS Nina Turner?

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/

[Kahuna]

48. No worries. I will donate to Shontel like I did the last time...

[Demsrule86]

49. I would never donate to her .