Shontel Brown — the chosen candidate of the caucus — would honor “the rich history” of the group, not be someone who fights against it while “trying to make a name for themselves,” CBC Chairwoman Joyce Beatty said while campaigning in the district Saturday with other top Black lawmakers. Brown wouldn’t be “a single solitary know-it-all,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson . She wouldn’t “come in and try to break up that unity,” Rep. Gregory Meeks added.
Democratic Congressional candidate Nina Turner speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally at Agora Theater & Ballroom on Saturday in Cleveland. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images “I don't think that's conducive to our core values of respect,” Beatty said. Clyburn, she noted, is one of the most powerful Black men in the country. "And so, I'd send a message back to Nina Turner: Don't speak for the Congressional Black Caucus or me.”
"My record in public life is one that is singularly focused on the issues, and more importantly, the people the Caucus was created to serve," Turner said of the CBC's involvement in the race. "However, people are free to jump in and endorse anyone they want. I don't begrudge them for that. This is not a monarchy. I don't own any seat that I've ever had."
“The CBC is very liberal," said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver . "It was liberal when it was founded. This isn’t liberals versus moderates. It’s something else."It’s true that many longtime CBC members have progressive credentials and back some of their trademark policy proposals, such as Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. But some, including Clyburn, have expressed disdain for the "sloganeering" of the left and warned of rhetoric that doesn't produce results.
Longtime lawmakers have also recoiled at the idea of newcomers who fail to acknowledge those who came before them. In speeches last weekend in Ohio, CBC members noted that Brown had asked them for advice before running and that she was a star pupil at a candidate boot camp put on by the CBC Institute.
"I'll put it this way: That decision made Barbara Jordan and Ron Dellums roll over in their graves. Louis Stokes, too," Ben Jealous, a Turner ally and former NAACP president, said, referencing CBC founders and former chairs. "It was shameful."
This is from DeSantis is winning the war on Covid reporters!
SO? Bernie Sanders and AOC are not playing favorites
Don't you have some Trump voters at a dinner to interview for the bazillionth time?
Playing favorites? Really Do you say that when a conservative group endorses if two white candidates are running
It's called 'endorsing' a candidate—not 'playing favorites.' This isn't middle school or family psychology. This is fricking electoral politics.
Needs more ratio.
In other news, water is wet.
Oh wait Politico, Rachel Dolezal was not available for an opinion piece so you got random karens to opine as news lmao
When you shits aren't spewing propaganda for Repubs, you're doing the same thing for Berner shits like Nina Turner, who are in no way Democrats.
Hmmm now “The Squad?”’
Ugh. Politico I guess Bernie Sanders and AOC are nothing burgers.
Really remarkable how much this sucks and how much you guys suck
More proof that Nina Turner is not a sellout
Gee, it's almost as if Nina and her goon squad called CBC member and former chair Jim Clyburn 'Stupid' or something.
Nina hates Dems surely you know her history of insulting us and our leaders
...as they should be, in this case. Thank you, CBC.
Do you think that maybe, just maybe, it's because not all black people are the same?
Weird, huh? Kinda like how political caucuses take sides in most *other* congressional races. Who knew NE Ohio could be like the *rest* of the country?
I'm just tired of hearing the word 'corporate.' It's been rendered meaningless.
Stick to the 'DeSantis is winning' takes you clueless mopes
Another example of politico impartial news? Oh, wait…..
What Wypipo and Politico don’t get: Black ppl vote their interests. We don’t believe all skin folk are kin folk. So, I’m sure that the blk ppl of OH-11 will weigh it all and do what’s best for them.
Good. The CBC should play favorites and support the person that they believe will move the caucus forward
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