A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the New York presidential primary on June 23 cannot be cancelled, and ordered that qualifying candidates who have suspended their campaigns be listed on the ballot.
If this is an example of Yang’s “leadership” thank God he was ousted from the primary. What a selfish act this is…almost GOPer’esque.
The lawsuit was brought by former presidential candidate Andrew Yang last week. He celebrated the victory on Twitter.
Good for him. Well done.
“If all but one of the presidential candidates [were] removed from the ballot and the primary [were] not held, Delegate Plaintiffs [would] be deprived of the opportunity to compete for delegate slots and shape the course of events at the Convention, and voters [would] lose the chance to express their support for delegates who share their views,” ruled U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York.
Exactly.
Before the predictable name-calling begins and continues and continues, I’ll just observe that Judge Torres is an Obama appointee.
OT but related: Yesterday I went on to the PA voter services site (pavoterservices.pa.gov) and requested a mail-in ballot for the primary and the general election this year.
The language used to justify this selfish act is puffery. Yang will change nothing with it other than consume money that could be used to support democratic candidates. No other candidate felt this was necessary…just the ass hole named Yang. Biden will be the nominee. Yang can’t do shit about that. This is just such a selfish GOP like act.
This reminds me of a rand paul or ted cruz doing a filibuster for attention.
You can write a letter to the nice federal judge. It’s her language.
Need the mailing address?
Cuomo announces the primary will be held, but rescheduled due to the current pandemic. Rescheduled to November 3, 2020.
Mixed feelings
I knew some would use cancellation as justification for crying
“the fix is in”
Regardless of what you “knew,” I’d suggest focusing on how the judge explains her decision. It might be instructive.
Exactly what is the point in a snide comment like that? Who the fuck do you think you are?
We can still blame Bernie, right?
The judge did not bring the suit or raise the issues sua sponte.
But you knew that already.
It was a response to your comment:
The language used to justify this selfish act is puffery. […] This is just such a selfish GOP like act.
Which I (again) decline to characterize, but:
No, but that doesn’t mean he’s any less of a narcissistic asshole.
Of course. So what?
As noted above:
I don’t know how a judge can decide that her idea of who should be on a primary ballot supersedes state law and election commission regulations.
IANAL, but this seems to be to be a bridge too far for the court.
And it does nothing to change the outcome.
I will be interested to see what happens with the appeal.
So what? So, it was the correct decision in a stupid, ultimately pointless lawsuit.
But again, you knew that already.
“How do I hate thee, let me count the ways …”
(With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning.)
Exactly.