This is why Nina Turner is not the best candidate for Congress.

[JohnSJ]

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she didn’t even answer the question

If she actually answered that’ she regrets what she said, and supports Joe Biden, but the fact that she couldn’t say that speaks volumes

This is why Shontel Brown is the best candidate:

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[lark]

1. So, the answer is no.

That would be my answer to supporting her as well.

[hlthe2b]

2. Please Dems, look closely and see through this self-professed Democrat.

She represents only herself and her own interests, IMHO. She has shown that repeatedly over the past several years--going after nearly all our Democratic leadership and living for the attention her often offensive comments create. Yes, Shontel Brown will serve you well in that District.

[comradebillyboy]

3. Her vote for Jill Stein in 2016 and her open contempt for

Joe Biden and the Democratic Party are disqualifying.

I'd eat a bowl of shit before I would vote for Nina Turner.

[padah513]

10. Lol!!!

Wow!!!

[Celerity]

12. If you lived in OH-11. and if Turner won the primary, would you vote for her in the general?

I'd eat a bowl of shit before I would vote for Nina Turner.

I assume by that you meant the primary, correct?

[comradebillyboy]

15. Yes in the primary. Since I

don’t live in Ohio I won’t have to make that choice.

[Celerity]

18. yes, agreed (although I'll pass on the bowl of shit, lol) Any of the other top candidates are better

than Turner in the primary.

I do not live there either, so it is not a vote I need to consider.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. I hope that Shontel Brown wins this primary

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[JustAnotherGen]

11. This

Unacceptable. Does she want the job to attack Democratic Party elected officials? Or to enact legislation that works for America?

I don't get her.

If she hates us so much - then why does she keep wanting to operate as one of us? She's not conservative or Trumpster - but at least the Conservatives RESPECT us (Trumpers not so much).

Can she at least show RESPECT for the man who beat the radical right wing fascists down?

[Me.]

14. That Is What I'm Also Wondering

Does she want the job to attack Democratic Party elected officials?

[2naSalit]

27. Probably...

Sadly she's been a rant machine for the last decade, nothing is acceptable to her.

[Me.]

30. So True

She certainly took a switchblade to HRC

[Hortensis]

26. Remembering Sanders left Turner behind when he joined Biden/Harris

to defeat Trump's reelection. And she went off to try to resuscitate an attempt at a third party that could defeat Democrats.

To know what she really thinks but isn't saying to this district's Democratic voters, just look to some of her allies in the People's Party, like Nick Brana. They don't need to keep their irrational antagonism-fueled dishonesty about Democrats on a chain; it sells well in its little markets.

“A choice between Biden and Trump is no choice at all,” said Nick Brana, national coordinator of the Movement for a People’s Party (MPP), which has nearly 100,000 members. “The Democrats and Republicans have made it clear that they will always choose profits over people. So we’re going to replace them.”

In 2016 they urged people to leave the Democratic Party after the primary, or at least to write in someone to make sure Hillary lost to Trump. We'll never know how many were influenced not to vote.

[Me.]

31. THis

mentioned HRC in my post also, as it is still so vivid

[Happy Hoosier]

32. Bernie did the right thing there....

But he should have never hired this poisonous snake after 2016.

[NewDayOranges]

5. Thanks for giving the heads up about Shontel Brown...

I would vote for her if I lived in her district!

[JohnSJ]

9. If lived in Ohio and was in her district, I would vote for her in a NY minute. Her experience

and her alignment on issues with Marcia Fudge, I think makes her the ideal Democratic candidate

[Marcuse]

6. Disqualifying, indeed.

[treestar]

7. She didn't answer it

or you could take what she said as a "no."

[JohnSJ]

8. Exactly, and as I said in the OP that speaks volumes

[Me.]

13. THere Are More Reasons Than One

and frankly, I have to wonder if by some weird happenstance she got elected, she would continue to criticize the DEms
instead of the Cons

[brooklynite]

16. Just to be clear: there's a wide-open field of candidates.

John Barnes (D) - Ex-State Rep., Ex-Cleveland City Councilman & '18 St Sen Candidate
James Jerome Bell (D) - Consultant, Notary & Frequent Candidate
Shontel Brown (D) - County Councilwoman & Ex-Warrensville Heights City Councilwoman
Seth Corey (D) - Physician
Jeff Johnson (D) - Ex-State Sen., Ex-Cleveland City Councilman & Frequent Candidate
Will Knight (D) - Businessman
Pamela Pinkney (D) - Pastor & Frequent Candidate
Isaac Powell (D) - Retired School Employee & Frequent Candidate
Lateek Shabazz (D) - Retired Businessman & Substitute Teacher
Tariq Shabazz (D) - Graduate Student, Navy Veteran & '20 Candidate
Shirley Smith (D) - Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep & Lobbyist

[Hortensis]

17. Democrats and Biden are the same now as in in 2020 when she

claimed what Biden promised to do is like asking people to eat a half the bowl of shit put in front of them. It's only a half bowl, but it's still shit.

Of course, the only viable way to get elected is by running on the Democrat or Republican ballot, and given the district's strong liberal leanings we got to be it. Lucky us! In a better world, an option would be available worthy of that level of personal honesty and commitment to her attitudes.

[George II]

19. She didn't even want to run as a Democrat. Here's an excerpt from her announcement....

....on the People's Party website and an email I received:

It’s official! Sen. Nina Turner is running for Congress. She’s running for the seat vacated by Rep. Marcia Fudge, who Joe Biden has chosen as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The People’s Party isn’t on the ballot in Ohio yet so she will have to run as a Democrat.

So obviously running as a Democrat was her second choice.

Edit: I think it's important to see the entire email from People's Party announcing Turner's candidacy, early December 2020:

George,

It's official! Sen. Nina Turner is running for Congress. She's running for the seat vacated by Rep. Marcia Fudge, who Joe Biden has chosen as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The People's Party isn't on the ballot in Ohio yet so she will have to run as a Democrat, but we can't think of anyone better to win that seat and bring a friend of the People's Party to Congress.

This week brings grim news from the nation's ocean scientists who reported that the Arctic is heating up at a rate double that of the global average and sea ice is melting rapidly.

We still have time to turn this around. Come onto our national call tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern time where climate scientist and MPP climate advisor Dr. Peter Kalmus will talk about the world's climate emergency and why the People's Party must succeed to help avert climate catastrophe in the next few years.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden continues to fill his administration with corporate lobbyists and centrists from the Obama administration. On tap is General Lloyd Austin for Defense Secretary, who helped spearhead the 2003 invasion of Iraq and sits on the board of Raytheon, a major supplier of bombs, including to the U.S-Saudi air war in Yemen which has killed at least 100,000 civilians.

He will join Neera Tanden, Bernie Sanders' nemesis, who looks to be a shoo-in for director of the Office of Management and Budget despite her light financial resume. Tanden is a venomous opponent of popular proposals like Medicare for all and a Green New Deal and supports cuts in Social Security nd Medicare. As president of the corporatist "Center for American Progress," she famously punched an employee who questioned Hillary Clinton's support for the Iraq War and accepted millions of dollars in donations from "friendly" foreign regimes such as the United Arab Emirates.

Last week we officially registered the People's Party in Maine, our first state party! Maine has a special rule that requires early registration. Please donate as we prepare to register the People’s Party in all 50 states and offer a progressive populist alternative to the corporate-funded Democratic and Republican parties in 2022 and 2024.

This is the woman who wants to defeat Shontel Brown and be elected to Marcia Fudge's seat in the House of Representatives.

[RegularJam]

20. She is a grifter. nt

[George II]

21. I agree, John. Of all the candidates (there are about a dozen).....

Shontel Brown stands head and shoulders over the others.

[JohnSJ]

22. I think so too George

[PatSeg]

23. "......not the best candidate for Congress."???

That is quite an understatement. Meanwhile, her answer was just a bunch of prepared political talking points. She didn't answer the question.

Surely, there are other things she can do to make a difference. Not everyone has to run for office and she is a terrible, undisciplined candidate.

[peppertree]

24. Well, that's politics: Answering a question, without answering the question

[iluvtennis]

25. Nina Turner showed who she really is during 2016 election...don't like her.

I'd hold my nose and vote for her is if she was the democrat on the primary ticket.

Go Shontel Brown!

[maliaSmith]

28. Nina Turner

I can't stand Nina Turner. She is so abrasive and her attacks on Biden are disgusting. I hope Shontel Brown wins. Go Shontel!!

[LiberalFighter]

29. I hope the best qualified candidate wins. Turner is not qualified.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. Nina Turner does not belong in Congress.

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[JohnSJ]

34. +++

[LetMyPeopleVote]

35. We may lose Roe v Wade

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