U.S. Rep. @RashidaTlaib will easily defeat Brenda Jones in the primary election.

[demmiblue]

U.S. Rep. @RashidaTlaib will easily defeat Brenda Jones in the primary election. With 87% of the votes counted, Tlaib is ahead 61,090 to 31,487.

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[theaocp]

1. Now she can get the support of her party.

Glad to see it.

[MrsCoffee]

2. Hmmmm. Maybe now she could support her party and their presidential nominee.

Ffs.

[Demsrule86]

3. One would hope so. If not then no leadership positions for her. Loyalty matters.

[Kaleva]

10. Nancy Pelosi's endorsement for Talib probably helped her gain such a big victory.

Nancy, more then anyone here, knows who a good Dem is.

[theaocp]

4. She can get the respect as her party's NOMINEE

I’ve watched enough wishing for her loss. They can now stop. Her constituents appreciate her.

[Bettie]

5. What makes me laugh about that

is that the people who were wishing for her loss are largely the same people who rail against "purity tests" for things like women's reproductive rights.

And yet...they have a purity test that they say she doesn't pass.

Clearly, the people in her district think she's doing a good job for them. That is her job. To serve her district.

[MrsCoffee]

8. Bullshit.

The Justice Democrat’s entire platform is a purity test.

Ffs.

[theaocp]

9. The sake of fucks aside, I'm sure we all support DEMOCRATS

who are the party's nominee. They get vocal support from the party, money, and all the goodies.

[BannonsLiver]

18. +1

[JonLP24]

35. Purity tests are why I don't vote for Republicans

[MrsCoffee]

7. Joe should get the respect as her party's nominee.

I’ve watched enough of her disrespect. She can stop now.

[theaocp]

12. So much disrespect.

One thing that I know is I'm going to be really focused on turnout in the fall. When I focus on turnout, we will deliver Michigan to Joe Biden. Trump only won Michigan by 10,000 votes. When I turn out my folks and my district, we'll be able to take back the state. When you focus primarily on getting people out to vote in a district like mine, [Biden] wins.

[MrsCoffee]

13. Or she could just support and endorse him as the party's nominee.

Kind of like how it’s expected everyone support her as the nominee.

Or is it ok if the party just concentrates only on getting out the vote in her district?

I didn’t think so.

[Bettie]

15. What do you want her to say?

seriously, what exactly would be enough for you to allow her to serve her district?

Do you think that it would have been better to substitute your judgement for that of the people in her district, to correct them and force another candidate because this one is insufficiently worshipful?

Also, if the party gets out the vote, she wins too.

[MrsCoffee]

22. "I endorse/support Joe Biden for President."

How hard can that be for any Democrat in 2020?

Anything else is a fucking joke and a distraction.

[Bettie]

26. She's getting out the vote for and will vote for the Democratic nominee

she's not the only person out there who isn't excited about who we ended up with.

I thought endorsements didn't matter? Or do they only matter when they can be used as a bludgeon?

[MrsCoffee]

27. You thought wrong.

And this election ain’t about who sends a thrill up your leg. It’s about stopping the dismantling of our country.

Holding back an endorsement is NOT getting out the vote no matter how you spin it.

[Kaleva]

17. Nancy Pelosi endorsed Talib and that's good enough for me.

There are some who believe they know more then Nancy and that's their right to think of themselves that way but I trust Nancy's leadership.

[Bettie]

14. I don't see the disrespect there either

but people declare that it is somehow the wrong thing to say.

Then again, anything she says is somehow wrong, with some people apparently.

[theaocp]

16. I admit that I admire her.

In the current age, that earns me disdain. Okay. Either way, the vitriol against her will take time to subside. I just want people to move on the way they expect everyone else to when primaries don't go in their favor. We're all going to deal with it and get MF45 and his filth out in November.

[MrsCoffee]

23. She needs to move on. Bernie didn't win, boofuckinghoo.

[Autumn]

19. I know her opponent was upset that she called Trump a Trump a "m-----f-----."

I think people have every right to dislike another politician, even if they are in the same party. Liking Trump or Hillary are not requirements. She's going to do everything she can to get her people to vote for Biden.

What happened to endorsements don't mean anything?

[Happy Hoosier]

29. If she doesn't support Joe...

She can go fish for all I care. Not one dollar to her without an endorsement AFAIC.

[theaocp]

30. Okay.

She’s supporting his victory. Anything else is a purity test.

[Happy Hoosier]

33. Bullshit.

Half-assed support isn’t worth a bucket of spit. Our nation is in the fight for its life.

[theaocp]

34. Read everything she's said.

Everything you’re demanding is a purity test. Silly, to boot.

[demmiblue]

6. There was some real nastiness going on in the background:

...

There are some in the Black civic establishment who think the seat vacated by Conyers should be held by a Black person. In fact, some have sought to brand Tlaib as an outsider who has seized one of the biggest political prizes in Black Detroit politics without really earning it.

I’ve read some comments on social media about Tlaib, an Arab American, from some of her Black critics that are plainly xenophobic.

For example, suggesting a media conspiracy against Jones because she is Black, Keith Williams, the chairman of the do-nothing Michigan Democratic Black Caucus, whose daytime job is director of recruitment for Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon, offered this July 25 screed on Facebook about Tlaib:

“See, the stage was set for other interlopers like Rashida Tlaib and Shri Thanedar to take some more power at the expense of competent candidates, Black candidates who are seeking office. Using other people to attack Brenda Jones' record, who has been a responsible leader, who has been great for Detroiters,” said Williams, who cited what he deemed to be Jones’ accomplishments.

He added, “But what saddens me about Black people, the outside interlopers who don't look like us can persuade Black folks to follow them, especially Black women, but Black folks can't get Black folks to support them, meaning we will turn on each other in a heartbeat.”

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2020/08/03/bankole-focus-rashida-tlaib-brenda-jones-congressional-race-issues-not-xenophobia-keith-williams/5554612002/

[Celerity]

11. sad to see that hatred & xenophobia come from some in our Party, and I am glad it was not rewarded

[RhodeIslandOne]

24. Pelosi endorsed her before the primary

The idea she's not supported by the party was a figment of people's imaginations....maybe because it looks cooler and on brand to say that.

[BannonsLiver]

20. Well that's a shame.

[theaocp]

31. Time to give more cirrhosis to your namesake.

Fuck MF45 and all his enablers.

[BannonsLiver]

32. Awww you seem nice.

[RhodeIslandOne]

25. The constituents made their choice

They like her so that's that. Average people don't care if she sniped Hillary like a mean girl (which she did).

[jcgoldie]

28. I don't know that much about Jones and perhaps Tlaib made some missteps but...

Most people know her as the woman who openly motherfucked Trump (to much handwringing even here I might add)... insofar as her reelection is related to her loud outspoken opposition to Trump this is a good sign for Democrats.