Spaulding’s campaign morphs into new PAC

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Source: The News & Observer

Ken Spaulding, who lost his outsider bid to win the Democratic nomination to run for governor, on Wednesday said he is channeling his efforts into a new political action committee aligned with the philosophy of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Spaulding said in a statement that he would work with Bernie Sanders supporters on common goals and to attract broad interest from unaffiliated voters, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans “and all people of good will.” He said he is preparing paperwork to form the as-yet unnamed PAC.

“Black voters will no longer be taken for granted by the Democratic Party nor ignored by the Republican Party,” Spaudling said.

Spaulding, who is African-American, lost to Attorney General Roy Cooper 69-31 percent, but said he was proud of the nearly 320,000 votes he drew, which will form the basis of his new endeavor.

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I believe this is of "national interest," or will be soon, because this is the first time I've heard the rumblings of a political party action committee being created specifically aligned with Black Lives Matter and the Sanders economic progressive agenda (as articulated in the 2016 Sanders campaign).

I believe it is vital going forward, particularly if HRC wins the nomination, that we build the democratic socialist wing of the party back up from the local polity on up, county by county and state by state.

I applaud Spaulding's efforts.

[SoapBox]

1. I also applaud his efforts.

[Bad Dog]

2. You can't change from the outside.

You might want to have a word with some of the Sanders camp going on about a third party. (I'm neutral btw, don't have a vote, not an American. I just don't want another Republican presidency.)