'Patriotic Millionaires' Will Fund Primary Against Sinema

[babylonsister]

'Patriotic Millionaires' Will Fund Primary Against Sinema
"Patriotic Millionaires," a wealthy progressive group, prepares to fund primary opponents of conservadems.
By Common Dreams — January 28, 2022


A group of wealthy progressives announced Thursday that it will support primary challenges against Rep. Henry Cuellar, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, and other right-wing Democrats who have actively obstructed President Joe Biden's legislative agenda and, in the process, potentially boosted the GOP's chances of retaking Congress.

"These radical moderates have done more damage to President Biden’s agenda than Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz combined," Erica Payne, president of the Patriotic Millionaires, said in a statement announcing the organization's endorsements for the looming 2022 midterms—and its plans to back campaigns to unseat right-wing Democrats in this year's elections and beyond.

"Their outright sabotage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda, likely done on behalf of their donors, left us with no choice—it's time to draw a line in the sand," Payne continued. "It's time for the American people to expect better from Democrats, and for the party to hold its elected officials to a higher standard."

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"Our country is becoming unstable, largely due to rapidly growing inequality," Morris Pearl, the chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, said in a statement Thursday. "A small number of radical so-called moderates have stood in the way of even the most commonsense reforms because they are too beholden to a few shortsighted ultra-wealthy people. They have decided to have people who work for a living fall further and further behind to preserve the wealth of millionaires and billionaires."

In addition to backing candidates challenging right-wing Democrats, the Patriotic Millionaires endorsed seven Democratic incumbents, including Reps. Katie Porter (Calif.), Andy Kim (N.J.), and Deborah Ross (N.C.).

"It's time for Democratic donors to stand up for working people," said Pearl. "We must stop contributing to and endorsing candidates who are actively sabotaging the president's agenda."

"If Democrats want to convince voters to support them, they need to show voters that being a Democrat means something," he added. "The people we are endorsing are the tireless champions of working people that the party needs more of. It’s time to focus our support and resources behind candidates like them, rather than ones that will actively undermine their colleagues and the country."

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https://crooksandliars.com/2022/01/patriotic-millionaires-will-fund-primary

[sop]

1. "Radical moderates"...

That's a new one.

[Zambero]

3. Since being "moderate" now includes obstructing voting rights

.... the "radical" coupling fits, and is not off-base.

[sop]

4. It's a bit of an oxymoron, but so are Manchin and Sinema.

[msfiddlestix]

5. yeah, well welcome to 2022's election season headed up by Manchin and Sinema

pretending to be moderate, but aiding and abetting genuinely extreme right wing fascists.

[betsuni]

2. Anybody who doesn't know that "being a Democrat means something" is a fucking idiot.