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The good news about last night’s primary elections is that two of our top-endorsed House candidates won their races. Congratulations to bold progressives Summer Lee for winning in PA-12 and Jamie McLeod-Skinner in OR-5!
Jamie McLeod-Skinner overcame a deluge of corporate super PAC money to defeat Kurt Schrader, who was endorsed by the very president he undermined over and over again. His defeat should signal to every corporate-aligned Democrat that blocking a progressive Democratic agenda could end your political career.
Summer Lee had a 25-point lead just weeks before Election Day, before a corporate-funded dark-money campaign spent millions spreading misinformation and turned the race into a nail-biter. Her victory continues a sea change in the Democratic Party away from corporate Democrats and weak liberals -- toward bold progressives who are connected to their communities and willing to fight.
The bad news is that dark monied corporate interests pumped millions into these races to try to stop our candidates. And here’s the harsh truth: the Democratic Party is going to lose in 2022 and beyond if leadership continues to allow them to throttle dynamic young leaders and prop up candidates who oppose a popular agenda.
Corporate interests like AIPAC and Big Pharma are spending millions of dollars against progressives like Summer and Jamie -- candidates who excite voters and are running in blue districts that deserve progressive representation.
And they don't run ads on the issues they purport to care about -- such as Israel, low corporate taxes, and slashing business regulations. Instead, they falsely accuse popular progressive candidates of being bad Democrats. This is a rich accusation from corporate-funded groups like AIPAC that "went Full Trump" and endorsed over 30 pro-insurrection Republican members of Congress.
But disingenuous as they are, their misinformation campaigns have a devastating impact. Democratic voters are fed up with bad Democrats and want good Democrats who are progressive fighters and will take on authoritarians and far-right extremists.
Speaker Pelosi and other House Democratic leaders need to take a stand and make clear that anyone who is part of these corporate dark-money misinformation ads are persona non grata with Democrats in Congress and the DCCC.
Our government relations team -- P Street, the progressive alternative to K Street -- will share your support for this with Speaker Pelosi and other House Democratic leaders, the media, and key allies in Congress.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- The PCCC Team (@BoldProgressive)
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