Progressive group no longer considering Harris for endorsement

[left-of-center2012]

White House hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is no longer being considered for the endorsement of a prominent progressive group after her campaign said she could not participate in a scheduled Q&A next month.

The labor union-backed Working Families Party (WFP) is conducting a series of live streamed sessions with six candidates ahead of a mid-September vote by its grassroots members and board to make an endorsement. WFP will be one of the first left-leaning groups to throw its support behind a 2020 candidate.

“The one thing we asked of candidates who wanted to be considered by WFP members is that they had to be willing to take questions from us in a live Q&A. Our members were eager to ask Senator Harris about how she would address over-policing of communities of color, the existential threat of climate change, her position on healthcare, and how we can make our economy work for the many, not the few,” Nelini Stamp, director of strategy and partnerships at the Working Families Party, said in a statement to The Hill.

“We regret that Senator Harris did not agree to a time for an interview, and consequently is not moving forward in our process,” Stamp added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/459360-progressive-group-no-longer-considering-harris-for-endorsement

[George II]

1. That Working Families Party has been pretty obnoxious lately, don't know why. I get a couple...

...of emails from them a week and it seems all they do is bash Democrats.

[DURHAM D]

2. Maybe because they are actually a political party.

They apparently endorse both Republicans and Democrats but are themselves a party - think Libertarian or Green.

Harris made a correct decision.

[MineralMan]

3. Oh, noes...whatever will she do?

[TexasTowelie]

4. The five remaining candidates are

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Cory Booker; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; and former Obama administration secretary Julián Castro.

Harris probably is thinking that the endorsement is going to either Sanders or Warren so she didn't see the point in attending.