The Trump-backed candidate J.D. Vance won the Ohio Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, while former Bernie Sanders presidential campaign co-chair Nina Turner lost the Democratic primary election for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District after massive outside spending and attacks by super PACs. We speak with Andrew Perez of The Lever about what Ohio’s elections mean for the future of the Democratic Party if it actively suppresses candidates like Turner who are critical of the establishment. Given that a majority Democratic Congress and sitting Democratic president have not delivered on campaign promises such as canceling student debt, protecting Roe v. Wade and passing Build Back Better, the party will be in jeopardy in the upcoming elections, says Perez.

Wait she lost again? Didn’t she just lose like recently? If she keeps losing at this rate she’s gonna secure a cabinet position in the next white house. Also if you knew the democratic party was out for you why run as a democrat ???

      • Quaxamilliom [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Yup, I will never not fail to mention this everytime shes brought up. Shes like the worse of all the 'progressive' grifters. ACAB means all cops, including her family.

      • Klutch [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck its real!

        Her son is a police officer, and her husband is a retired police officer.

        https://www.democracynow.org/2016/7/18/my_heart_aches_sen_nina_turner

      • gammison [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        DSA (outside of the local chapter which was told not to do it but they have the independent right to) did not endorse her. She has no relationship to the org and pretty much everyone in leadership does not like any of the former Sanders campaign people (outside of the ones who have gone all in on DSA and labor) and does not talk to them. Nina specifically was never going to get national endorsement (nor did she even seek it) because of political disagreements and also everyone was confident she would lose badly.

        I don't even know if she is still a DSA member.

    • Quimby [any, any]
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      3 years ago

      yes, but...

      if we can critically support Russia more or less on the sole basis of opposing and irritating America, it seems like we could do the same for people like Nina Turner, no?

      Also, regardless of her own true beliefs, if it counters the perception that "democrats don't need the left", it seems like that would be a good thing.

      The "squad" (I fuckin hate that name so much) still represent a step forward for leftism in this godforsaken country.

        • Quimby [any, any]
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          3 years ago

          not in that dimension. but I think unlike other democrats, they do actually shift the Overton Window, which matters in the big picture.

          so I don't think their value is in harm reduction or policy or anything to do with electoralism, per se.

          But we need to make progress on a lot of different fronts to achieve leftism in this country and I believe that the public mainstreaming of more left-leaning language and ideology, even if they are grifters who don't believe it, represents a net positive after accounting for the bad stuff. which is precisely the sort of thing the term "critical support" exists to describe.

          @granit , I think this applies to your comment as well.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      So for progressive grifters we have that Shaun King guy, Nina Turner, some YouTubers mainly from the TYT cinematic universe ™ like the secular talk guy, dimmy Jore, and thst women from the hill, the people that took over BLM after the original leaders were assassinated by the police, who else?

      Killer Mike as well, he went full lib after they attacked CNN