So emily's list is not endorsing a liberal Latina

[gabeana]

Last edited Wed Apr 13, 2016, 04:27 PM - Edit history (1)

wow just wow, got an email from the Sanders campaign on this asking to split donations between Sanders and Flores

edited to take out never should of put incumbent in post

[NCTraveler]

1. They are endorsing Susie Lee.

What exactly is your problem with their endorsement of Susie Lee?

EMILY’s List Endorses Susie Lee for Congress in Nevada’s Fourth Congressional District

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Susie Lee, who’s running to represent Nevada’s Fourth Congressional District and continue her lifelong fight for women and families.

“Susie Lee is an experienced problem solver and a powerful advocate for Nevada women and families,” said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List. “As one of eight children raised in a working-class family, Susie knows that hardworking people all too often struggle to make ends meet. She is deeply committed to serving the most vulnerable Nevadans because she saw firsthand that community support can help disadvantaged children overcome barriers to opportunity. The stakes are high for women and families in this swing district, and the EMILY’s List community of over three million members is excited to endorse Susie’s strong campaign to move Nevada forward.”

Susie Lee grew up one of eight children in a working class family that often struggled to make ends meet on her veteran father’s single income. She worked several jobs, took out loans, and earned scholarships to pay her way through college and graduate school. Susie counted on her teachers, coaches, and other mentors in her community who believed in her and gave her the support she needed to achieve her academic goals, and she is deeply committed to connecting children with the resources they need to have a fair shot. After making Las Vegas her home over twenty years ago, she quickly set out to make a difference in the lives of women and families in her community. Susie served as a campaign policy advisor to the first woman elected mayor in Las Vegas history, Jan Laverty Jones, and was the founding executive director of a crisis intervention program serving women and families experiencing homelessness. She served as founding director of the After-School All-Stars, an organization that provides thousands of Nevada children with afterschool activities and enrichment programs. Today Susie leads Communities In Schools of Nevada as president of the board, working tirelessly to increase the high school graduation rate by connecting at-risk youth with the personal support and resources they need to succeed. She lives in Las Vegas with her husband Dan and two children Cody and Nevada, and from leading her daughter’s Girl Scout troop to advocating for tens of thousands of Nevada students, she is unwavering in her commitment to service. When elected to Congress, Susie will fight to increase educational and economic opportunities for all of Nevada’s working families.

When Susie was growing up, she learned firsthand what it's like for a family to live paycheck to paycheck – and she understands that Nevada’s working families need their elected leaders to help get our economy working for all of us. When elected, she will advocate for policies that will grow the middle class and increase opportunities for women and families to get ahead. Susie understands that families and communities are stronger when women succeed in the workplace, and when elected she will fight for policies aimed at ending gender discrimination in pay, implementing paid family and medical leave, and increasing the minimum wage. Susie knows from personal experience that teachers and mentors can help disadvantaged children overcome barriers to opportunity. Under her leadership, Communities in Schools of Nevada serves 58,000 students in 56 schools, ensuring there are caring adults providing personal support to children who are at risk of dropping out. “We all have a responsibility to help our young people have the highest level of opportunities,” she has said. In the last school year, students in the program graduated on time at a rate 25 percentage points above the Nevada state average. When elected she will work tirelessly to move Nevada forward for all children and families.

http://www.emilyslist.org/news/entry/emilys-list-endorses-susie-lee-for-congress-in-nevadas-fourth-congressional

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

3. Notice the date... It came after Susie Lee endorsed Clinton and after Lucy Flores endorsed Sanders..

#IDidMyResearch.

[NCTraveler]

4. Your connection is weak. I really wouldn't call that research. lol.

What is your problem with Susie Lee?

This research tells a lot more than what you are bringing to the table.

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=790611

When all one dreams about is Sanders, Sanders then rules every aspect of ones worldview.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

6. Not a problem, confused why EMILY's list created an initiative in 2016 to get Latinas in Congress

And then did not endorse a Latina when the option was available. One they had endorsed in the past and one who was the first Latina successful in getting elected to the State Assembly.

[NCTraveler]

7. "confused why EMILY's list created an initiative in 2016 to get Latinas in Congress"

Because they are a kick ass organization.

"And then did not endorse a Latina when the option was available."

That is actually an easily disprovable statement by you. Even with respect to Flores herself. At least try.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

9. What?

It is fact they did not endorse Lucy Flores for her Congress bid for 2016 which is the year that this Latina initiative is for.

Susie Lee is a white woman so it doesn't make sense why they endorsed her over Lucy Flores.

[NCTraveler]

10. Loving how you have to define this in order to make your argument work. It's flat out great. nt.

[jillan]

21. They ORIGINALLY endorsed her & then withdrew it after Lucy endorsed Bernie. They gave it to her &

then took it away.

[senz]

31. Wow, and I used to have so much respect for Emily's List.

It seems like everything a certain person touches becomes corrupted. She has a strange kind of "Midas touch" -- for corruption.

Makes me sick.

[Freddie Stubbs]

46. On what date did EMILY's list endorse her?

[gabeana]

50. So disprove it?

[NCTraveler]

55. That is simply funny my busy friend. Nt

[gabeana]

56. you can't I guess

[Freddie Stubbs]

45. Perhaps because she lost her last election by a landslide

[Freddie Stubbs]

43. It also happened after Flores' disastrous campaign for Lt. Governor

Perhaps they where not that impressed with her campaigning.

[gabeana]

5. if you got to ask

then your not being serious
it is because she endorsed Sanders, not on the ability of Flores

[NCTraveler]

8. If I have to ask what their problem is with Lee? Really.

Tell me, what is your problem with Susie Lee?

[gabeana]

48. Not with Susie per say

but when they write a paper saying they want to support more Latinas, and there is a Latina running for office, has been elected to office, ran for state wide office before, and then Emily list endorses a white women over a women of color

I think it is clear why they did it

[NCTraveler]

53. This is one of the most strange arguments I have seen put forth here.

[gabeana]

58. explain why then

back it up why it is stupid

[gabeana]

59. I'm still waiting

come up with anything yet

[NWCorona]

2. This reason

http://www.emilyslist.org/news/entry/emilys-list-announces-new-initiative-to-increase-number-of-latinas-in-elect

[NCTraveler]

11. Flores lost some counties in her district by 60% in the last election.

Amazing what passes for discussion here. More like deflection and deception.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

13. Flores was also the first Latina to be elected to the State Assembly...

It is embarrassing how you denigrate her accomplishments to fit your argument framing.

[NCTraveler]

14. Please show me where I denegrated that accomplishment?

That is the second time you have been dishonest in this short conversation.

Please show where I denigrated her accomplishment.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

15. You are trying to user her failed bid for the Senate...

as a rationalization that she is a bad candidate therefore EMILY's list was right in not endorsing her. But the fact she is the FIRST Latina in history of Nevada to be elected to the State Assembly says otherwise.

[NCTraveler]

18. Again, show me where I denegrated her accomplishment.

You can't because it is a lie.

At the same time, you directly denigrated Susie Lee by claiming she didn't deserve the endorsement because she is white. That is directly from you. Along with the fact you think it has something to do with Sanders. Once again, that is denigrating Susie Lee.

You cannot back up your falsehood in any way.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

23. Are you implying I'm racist....

Here is an article about the anger the EMILY's list betrayal caused

http://www.latinorebels.com/2016/03/11/emilys-list-slammed-on-facebook-for-not-endorsing-latina-lucy-flores-for-congress/

[NCTraveler]

27. That is your third lie in this very short conversation. I have not implied you are a racist.

Please back up your claim that I denigrated Flores. Thanks.

"Susie Lee is a white woman so it doesn't make sense why they endorsed her over Lucy Flores." - GeorgiaPeanuts

My comment was spot on and I did not imply you were racist.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

29. You implied Lucy did not deserve to be endorsed again because she was a loser in her previous race.

[NCTraveler]

30. Correct.

I said losing areas in your own district by sixty points might have something to do with it.

Please back up your claim that I denigrated Flores. Thanks.

Flores and Lee are both people worthy of endorsement. You have made multiple wild false accusations.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

33. If you feel that way then why are you okay with all the organizations that endorsed Clinton...

This is her 2nd attempt at the Presidency, she already failed in 2008 so why do you think it is cogent that they endorsed her when she was the loser in 2008?

[NCTraveler]

38. Address your blatantly dishonest claims about me and we can move the conversation forward.

Some of those lies you have now stated multiple times. You know you can't back them up in any way so you just try to move along. Really poor debating style and not worth my time.

[ieoeja]

35. Do you often blame losses by a gubernatorial candidate on their running mate?

I knew Kerry was too good of a candidate to lose in 2004. It was Edwards who lost that race!

[gabeana]

49. Are you blind

you are implying because she did so bad in her statewide match up she should not be endorsed
White Americans are represented 80% on congress
Latina/o only 7.8%
Their needs to be a lot more representation of women in Congress and even more so for Women of Color

so when say your organization is going to make a concerted effort for Latina's to hold elected office, and their is a candidate that has already broke through, has experience, and then you support the white women candidate after the Latina just happens to endorse Sanders, it is not too hard to figure out why Emily's list did this

[NCTraveler]

54. I can see very well, thanks for your concern. Nt

[CalvinballPro]

20. Sanders supporters aren't having much luck deploying race as a divisive weapon lately.

A lot of their efforts, like this one, fall flat once the details catch up to the sensationalism.

I think they really exposed themselves as frauds with the whole "super-predator" thing, and now they're the proverbial "boy who cried wolf" on this subject. (Bro who cried wolf?) No one believes the phony outrage any more, because it's clearly insincere.

[NCTraveler]

24. Agree.

It's comical that this person is trying to claim I have denigrated Flores. I have done no such thing. I like Flores and Lee.

[azmom]

12. They picked a rich white woman that

Isn't even from that district.

[Beowulf]

16. That's telling!

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. Which "incumbent Latina" are they not endorsing?

[jillan]

19. Lucy Flores.

[Freddie Stubbs]

22. I am confused that she is described as an 'incumbent' what office does she currently hold?

[jillan]

25. Do you not use google? Or Bing? Or Yahoo? She was a member of the state assembly & was endorsed

by Emily's List. She is now running for Congress, again endorsed by Emily's List.
Until she endorsed Bernie.

Here's a link so you can download google. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en

[CalvinballPro]

28. "Incumbent" means "currently serving in office." Flores is NOT.

[LisaM]

34. I think an incumbent also means that you hold the office you're currently running for, too.

Not just any office!

[CalvinballPro]

39. Good point. i.e., A sitting governor running for senator is not the incumbent senator. nt

[NCTraveler]

32. Please google, bing, or yahoo the meaning of the word incumbent. Thanks. nt.

[MadBadger]

47. Um, that was a link to download Google Chrome

Do you have the link to install the google specifically?

[PeaceNikki]

60. Only if you lost all or some of the 25 floppy discs

(Remember Encarta??!)

[CalvinballPro]

26. None. The OP has their facts confused, or something.

Flores ran for Lt Gov in 2014, and did not win.

[Freddie Stubbs]

40. "Did not win" is a nice way of saying that the got her opponent mopped the floor with her

[CalvinballPro]

41. I'm trying to be sensitive to the Bernie-biased jury system. You never know what someone will take

offense to and shoot off an Alert over these days. If I'd said "she lost" my comment would probably already be hidden.

[senz]

36. I am so glad the Bernie campaign is on top of this, supporting Flores.

It's been awful watching former "liberal icons" bite the dust one by one for Hillary. Planned Parenthood, the Democratic Party, Black Congressional Caucus ("leadership," not membership), Emily's List.

Corruption really is like a worm or like rust -- it eats into things, changes their character, ruins them.

But it makes me all the prouder of Elizabeth Warren for being the only Senate Democratic woman to resist the siren call of a Hillary endorsement and of the always brave Alan Grayson and Tulsi Gabbard.

I cannot even begin to imagine what a Hillary presidency would do to what's left of our country.

[LisaM]

37. Flores is not the incumbent.

You might want to fix the headline of the OP.

[Freddie Stubbs]

42. Facts don't matter when you are bashing "The Establishment"

[LisaM]

44. The whole thing is so knee jerk it makes me cross.

EMILY's List has done an awful lot of good since the 1990s raising money for women candidates. Of course their mission is to endorse pro-choice women Democrats, but given a choice of candidates, they're likely to choose the one they think is more viable.

And I'm really, really sick of misleading headlines. I guess it's the effect of social media, online journalism, and creating clickbait, but still.

[randome]

51. And so-called DU 'Democrats' who want to bash our leading candidate. It's pathetic.

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[JI7]

52. Flores is not an incumbant.

[dragonfly301]

57. Emily's List endorsements are nice for the money they give the candidate

but they really are endorsing just because a candidate is a woman and is pro-choice. I am a woman, but I have many issues - in my district I see that Emily's List has endorsed Kathleen Matthews (Mrs. Tweetybird) she is far less progressive than Jamie Raskin so the Emily's List endorsement means very little to me. None of the candidates running for the seat are against choice and I don't need Emily's List to point out to me which one has a uterus.

The question I have for Emily's List - do they offer their endorsement to any female, pro-choice candidate that has not endorsed Clinton? I ask because Donna Edwards has rec'd their endorsement and a big chunk of change and has endorsed Hillary although her political ideology is much more aligned with Bernie. I found her endorsement odd and questioned her on fb - she did not respond but did "like" my comment.