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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Let's make these folks famous': the leftwing push to raise 18 Republicans' profiles
(Guardian UK) Juan Ciscomani. Tom Kean Jr. Brian Fitzpatrick. Marc Molinaro. David Schweikert. Brandon Williams Many Americans would struggle to identify who these people are or what they do.
They are all, in fact, Republican members of Congress. And progressive activists argue that their fate is more crucial to the future of American democracy than more high-profile rightwing political figures such as Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Indivisible, a leftwing political umbrella movement founded in response to Donald Trumps election as president in 2016, has launched a campaign to unseat 18 Republican members of the House of Representatives from districts that Joe Biden won in the election of 2020.
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These are folks who are not in the headlines, said Ezra Levin, co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible, acknowledging that the sole exception is Congressman George Santos because of his outlandish lies. But the other 17, I would guess practically no Americans have ever heard of and are not hearing of right now because they have a different pathway to re-election. They understand this. Theyre not dummies.
Although the 18 are in swing districts, they are not really moderates. They are under pressure to raise money for their next election campaign. That means they have to make commitments to donors about how they will vote in Congress which is in line with Greene and the Maga wing of the party about 95% of the time.
Speaking from Austin, Texas, Levin explained: They are basically Marjorie Taylor Greenes in how they vote. But then that gets to the third step: theyve got to convince the constituents in their own districts that, while Congress is messed up and theres a lot of dysfunction there, theyre normal, everyday folks who just want the best for their constituents. ..........(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/18/republican-house-targets-2024-ezra-levin-interview
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'Let's make these folks famous': the leftwing push to raise 18 Republicans' profiles (Original Post)
marmar
Mar 2023
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Dumb voters are suddenly so smart they ticket-split these Republicans into office?
bucolic_frolic
Mar 2023
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bucolic_frolic
(43,044 posts)1. Dumb voters are suddenly so smart they ticket-split these Republicans into office?
Over and over? Why do these incumbents have things so locked up for themselves? I could say county party organization, but why so good at the incumbent congressmen but so inept at GOP vote delivery for the top of the ticket? It defies logic.
leftstreet
(36,098 posts)2. +1