First: Adam Schiff started running TV ads to boost our Republican opponent, Steve Garvey, and push Katie out of the top two, which would keep her out of Congress for good.
Then: He started sending mail to Republican voters encouraging them to vote for Republican Steve Garvey.
Now: A Slate article says this “sneaky campaign tactic is a danger to all Democrats not named Adam Schiff.” Here’s what else the article says:
- Schiff’s campaign is working tirelessly on [Garvey’s] behalf, effectively running the Garvey campaign by proxy.
- All’s fair in politics, but it’s still a little surprising and more than a little cynical that the man who raised millions from Democrats after his censure vote for “fighting back” against the “MAGA base,” in his own words, is now using those very same millions to elevate the political prospects of a Trump-voting Republican. In other words, Schiff is now using his coffers to fight for the MAGA base. And not only in this race.
- Although this plan might work out for Schiff personally, there are plenty of downside risks for Democrats elsewhere. If Schiff succeeds in juicing Republican turnout for Garvey, it stands to reason that those Republicans will also vote Republican down the ballot. Garvey himself has no shot of winning, but there may well be closer races in purple House and state legislative districts, school boards, and more that could be swung by a surge in Republican turnout that Schiff is spending millions to stoke.
- Purely as a matter of small-D democratic representation, this runoff ought to be a rare opportunity for the state’s supermajority to express its preference.
We can’t let this sneaky play be the reason we lose Katie’s voice in Congress for good. Is there anything you can chip in today to help us fight back?
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