Far-left candidate Nina Turner blames 'evil money' for loss in Ohio Dem primary despite raising more money than her opponent



A progressive candidate who lost the Democratic primary for Ohio's 11th Congressional district blamed the manipulation by "evil money," despite raising more money and spending more money than the victor.

Nina Turner had the benefit of national name recognition garnered from previously co-chairing the 2016 presidential campaign for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), but she lost the primary election to Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown.

On Tuesday evening, Turner angrily claimed that she didn't actually lose the race in her concession speech.

"I am going to work hard to ensure that something like this never happens to a progressive candidate again. See, we didn't lose this race — evil money manipulated and maligned this election," she told her supporters.

"See, I don't want you to relent, because it took evil money," Turner continued.

"They took evil money to come in here and do this," she added. "Well, I swear to you, that as sure as there is a God in heaven, sister Turner is going to continue working with every fiber of her being until true justice reigns."

But, as many on social media pointed out, Turner lost the primary election despite raising much more money than Brown and outspending her as well.

According to the Columbus Dispatch, Turner raised $4.5 million for her campaign, an amount they referred to as "staggering." Brown only raised $2.1 million, less than half of her progressive opponent.

Progressives took to social media to express their outrage at the Democratic establishment about the election.

"Gloves are off for Democratic Majority for Israel and all other right-wing lobbyists for Israel. We will fight anti-semitism everywhere we see it but we're not going to let you hide behind that b******t excuse as you practice endless corruption. They bought this election," tweeted Cenk Uygur, a failed congressional candidate and YouTube personality.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison similarly blamed dark money "forces" that "love the unfair status quo which enriches the money and oppresses the many."

"[T]he bleak & bland reality in all this is that organized money continues to exert tremendous influence in American politics — and the Democratic establishment warmly embraces it," replied Jacobin writer Luke Savage.

Others opined that her use of the phrase "dark money" in apparent reference to campaign donations from Jewish groups supporting her opponent amounted to antisemitism.

Brown is expected to sail to victory in the heavily Democratic district and claim the congressional seat in the regular election on Nov. 2.

Here's more about the nasty Democratic primary:

Ohio's 11th congressional district race heats up with attack adswww.youtube.com

'Defund the police is a chokehold around the Democratic Party!' says top House Democrat on MSNBC



A top House Democrat leader lambasted an MSNBC host for accusing him of scapegoating the "defund the police" movement and added that it was a "chokehold" around the Democratic Party.

Democratic House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina responded angrily to MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, who pressed him Thursday on complaints from the progressive wing of his party.

Hasan cited a focus group study that found that many swing voters found the Republican campaigns against "defund the police" to be unpersuasive.

"Is the whole attention on 'defund the police' really a deflection by the party leadership from your own failures? That's what your critics on the left would say," Hasan asked.

"That is absolutely poppycock!" responded Clyburn.

"I know what I'm talking about! I'm out here with the voters every day! I did a town hall meeting last night, in Jasper County, South Carolina, and I can tell you, 'defund the police' is a non-starter! Even with black people!" he continued.

"And if you don't think that's true, then look at the results of what just happened in New York City's election!" Clyburn added, referring to the winner of the Democratic mayoral primary election.

"The proof is in the pudding!" he said. "I know what I'm talking about, I talk to people every day, and 'defund the police' is a chokehold around the Democratic Party!"

Clyburn went on to say that he was on the left of his party and had been progressive all of his life. Hasan accused him of taking up Republican talking points against Democrats, but he did not back down.

"I said it because it's real. It's a real problem. You should stop sloganeering," Clyburn said.

The battle on MSNBC was the latest skirmish in a war within the Democratic Party between the far-left progressives who want to steer the party's messaging to more extreme positions, and the moderate centrists who are resisting them.

The "defunding of police" departments has been so unpopular that the White House has attempted unsuccessfully to accuse Republicans of defunding police.

Here's the fiery debate between Clyburn and Hasan:

Jim Clyburn: “Defund The Police" Has “Chokehold" On Democrats | The Mehdi Hasan Showwww.youtube.com

Former AOC staffers are plotting to take down moderate Democrats in order to clear the way for far-left legislation



A political organization co-founded by former staffers of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) are taking aim at moderate Democrats in an attempt to clear the way for their far-left legislative goals.

The No Excuses PAC was founded by Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff for Ocasio-Cortez, and Corbin Trent, the former communications director for the socialist democrat, and Zack Exley, who also co-founded Justice Democrats with his two political partners.

One of the stated goals of No Excuses is to replace Democrats Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona with far-left progressives who will help push their agenda.

Manchin and Sinema are the Democratic holdouts who are keeping the legislative filibuster alive and preventing the Democratic caucus from passing legislation to which Republicans object.

"The only real way to pressure any of these folks and hold them accountable to their promises is to threaten their power, and threaten the seat that they hold and threaten their re-election," Chakrabarti said to Politico.

"We sort of have this theory that the voters in Arizona and the voters in West Virginia would care more about action," he added, "they care more about jobs and their community and money in their pockets than they do about an arcane Senate rule called the filibuster."

Both Manchin and Sinema aren't up for election until 2024, but the progressive plotters say it will take a lot of time to mount the right kind of challenge to defeat them.

"Finding and training good candidates takes time," said Chakrabarti. "Doing that in two years when you already need a campaign started is very hard."

Republicans were able to secure an agreement to keep the filibuster in the Senate through the machinations of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

"I'm glad we've stepped back from this cliff," said McConnell about the campaign to end the filibuster.

"Taking that plunge would not be some progressive dream, it would be a nightmare," he added. "I guarantee it."

Here's more about the fight over the filibuster:

Schumer spins Senate filibuster defeat as a win over McConnellwww.youtube.com