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Congratulations to @AbdulElSayed on winning the Michigan Democratic primary to be our nominee for US Senate. Abdul has my full endorsement and support.
This was a brutal primary (believe me, I know). And Trump and Mike Rogers are counting on us staying divided. Let's prove them wrong by beating Mike Rogers and taking our country back. 🇺🇸
@SenatorCooperNC@okayheyjay I live in this district. I think Lawrence’s chances are much better than out-of-staters are predicting, and I think all the immediate dooming over it is silly.
My concern is far more that Ds don’t fight for this seat because they assume it’s not winnable. It is.
@whoseurlefty People will also say the moderate vote split — and that’s certainly a factor! — but reducing it down to that doesn’t capture the full picture here.
@okayheyjay He has insane grassroots support here, especially among independents. If he can get big national support, this seat is absolutely on the table.
@lavendroatlatte I actually am really glad to see her take this route! I think we need strong unity around the winner and it makes sense that she lead the charge on that. Selfishly I would’ve preferred she endorse Abdul, but I think this is the right move for Michigan Dems.
@katie_jesaitis Yeah, I’ve been critical of her for a long time but I think it’s important to give credit where due, and this is a credit where due moment. It’s a good letter!
@CantEverDie@admcrlsn Her efforts toward unity are admirable to me, someone who lives in Michigan and will be deeply affected by whoever is elected to represent me.
@adamwren@HaleyforMI It’s a good note. Kudos to her and her campaign team (as well as her legislative team for holding things down in the office during what I’m sure was an extremely busy time).
One of the continual drags on the Democrats is that their consultant class is CORRUPT and only acts in its personal best interest, not in the interest of the party. These agent alignment problems don't happen on the right because they are straightforwardly the party of the rich.
@Cedar500 The very first photo is her government office — not a campaign pic. Most of those photos, at least from that screenshot, don’t necessarily look like campaign events. It looks like it’s just various photos of the two of them at various times they’ve met.
The Talarico-brand candidate for Michigan was McMorrow; there’s another timeline where she’s polling at 55+% against AES right now without having fully alienated his base.
It’s only after the establishment doggedly refused to drop Stevens that she tried to punch left and failed.