No ill will to DeGette but perhaps voters want the bar for officials to be somewhere above “perfectly fine”?
The mindset that incumbents are entitled to reelection (for nearly 3 decades) is not helpful, primary challenges to debate the issues are
Congrats, @MelatKirosCO! #CO1
Things missing from Connie Chan’s statement:
1 Scott Wiener
2 antisemitism
3 LGBTQ+ or Transgender rights
4 anything remotely about the incident at all
10 states—Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Pennsylvania—have confirmed they will not send an official delegation to the “Great American State Fair” on the National Mall in celebration of America’s 250th.
9 of the states are led by Democratic governors, with Vermont being the only Republican-governed state to decline involvement so far.
Notably, PA Gov. Josh Shapiro tops the list of highest paid governors.
The fact that she’s even acknowledging Platner is a major departure from her previous campaigns.
Also she’s lying and so is politifact. She had a chance to kill the bill and refused to. From the right-wing Maine Wire