LANSING, Mich. (AP) — “Squad” member Rashida Tlaib won a challenge for her House seat in Michigan’s primary, in a rematch with the woman she narrowly defeated two years ago.
She said they would “Impeach the MFer” and so many snowflakes got offended.
I am fine with Rashida, if nothing else, she is good at owning the cons.
Great success
Good for her.
Good for the Squad
We need progressives and Democrats who are not afraid to speak truth to power because we have to fight against Trump’s squad of fear, racism, hate, divisiveness and misogyny, bigotry, corruption…on and on!
overall a good night for progressives. The “blue dog” types were backing Jones heavily, and failed miserably. Cori Bush beat Lacy Clay – a 10 termer who inherited his seat from his father. Biggest disappointment was Eva Putzova losing to former Republican (until 2015) Tom O’Halleran in Arizona – but with over 40% of the vote, Putzova is well placed to launch another challenge in two years.
In the Annals of Great Political Prognostication:
I will say that the AP seems very excited when politicians use “expletives.” They can’t avoid reporting it breathlessly, though they aren’t allowed to actually go all the way and say the words. It feels kind of like the ghosts in Harry Potter who put out rotten food to enhance the flavor, so that they can “almost” taste it. But they can’t actually taste it. The AP seems similarly afflicted with its inability to just say things as they are without a heaping of protocols and standards holding them back.
Her opponent in Tuesday’s primary was Detroit City Council President President Brenda Jones, who lost by 1 percentage point in 2018 when the primary field was larger. Jones on the same day defeated Tlaib to later fill out the remainder of John Conyers’ term.
I’m trying to figure out what this means. Jones lost to Tlaib in 2018, but also defeated Tlaib on the same day to replace John Conyers? Can anyone explain this in a way that makes more sense? Because I’m very confused.
Just going based on my own interpretation, it sounds like they were both on the ballot in both districts (likely since Conyers resigned with little time to field new candidates, so being from nearby districts, they jumped in there as well in the primary). So in Rep. Tlaib’s current district, she won, while in Conyers old district, Rep. Jones won. But it’s an AP article and they always have tortured ways of structuring sentences that should be straightforward.