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Hell yes! This is big for progressives. She’s been pro-ceasefire for awhile now and has a large Jewish population in her district. She still has the support of the people over a moderate Democrat Patel.
60-40 so at a +20% as well. So a pretty significant one as well. Also the first time the Pennsylvania DNC endorsed her in the primary…
Good.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Summer Lee, a Pennsylvania congresswoman, easily beat back a primary challenge on Tuesday, delivering progressives one of their most significant victories yet of this election cycle as they brace for a wave of pro-Israel funding targeting pro-ceasefire candidates.
“I am so humbled and proud to win my first primary re-election to be the congresswoman for this incredible district I’ve spent my life fighting for,” Lee said in a statement celebrating her victory.
“Our campaign was built on a record of delivering for our democracy, defending our most fundamental rights, and expanding our vision for what is politically possible for our region’s most marginalized communities.”
According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Lee raised more than $2.4m before the Tuesday primary while Patel received roughly $650,000 in campaign contributions.
Although UDP opted to stay out of Lee’s race, progressive leaders believe her successful campaign strategy could still be instructive for other pro-ceasefire lawmakers expected to be targeted by pro-Israel groups in their primaries.
At least two other “Squad” members, Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri, have already attracted primary challengers, and Aipac has already endorsed their opponents.
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Was $100 million not enough? Maybe the genocide machine should look for any coins under the couch cushions. /sThis is wonderful news!
EDIT: It appears AIPAC stayed out of this - Summer Lee was vastly outraising the moderate. So I think the $100M attack might be used against Bush, Bowman, and (later) Omar. (Is that right? A tenth of a billion dollars for three representatives? I must be mistaken.)
Guess centrists are unreliable voters who stay home during the primaries, so we should ignore what they want.
Not sure what you’re getting at with this comment. Anyone is welcome to vote, regardless of their views. If you want a say in the primary, vote in the primary.
Replace “centrists” with “progressives” and you have centrists’ rationale for ignoring progressives.
Who is ignoring anyone? It’s an election?
Re-read what I wrote.
Re-read what I wrote and try answering it?
What you wrote doesn’t follow from what I wrote. I wrote that centrists are unreliable voters whose concerns we can safely ignore. Which is what centrists say about progressives.
You pretended that I was talking about not letting people vote, which isn’t what I’m saying.
How on earth did you get to that conclusion? Where is your data showing that Lee isn’t popular in her district or that centrists didn’t turn out to vote? You are clearly arguing that these results don’t reflect the electorate in her district, which I just cannot wrap my head around.
