Henry Cuellar Won

[Me.]

a fail for justice Dems and Cenk all on one night...




https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/03/texas-congressional-primary-results/

[Me.]

2. Really?

and you thought the justice dem would be better than a moderate Dem? Nancy Pelosi, for one, doesn'r agree with you.

[Rstrstx]

5. Read the two articles I posted below. That election stank to high heaven

Also should note he has served in Rick Perry's administration, endorsed W for President, is pro-gun and anti-choice.....I could go on.

[Rstrstx]

3. Me too

With friends like this who needs enemies?

In case you don't know how he got started off in national politics:

https://www.rollcall.com/2004/03/31/cuellar-headed-to-victory-over-rep-rodriguez/

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/State-Supreme-Court-rejects-Rodriguez-appeal-8940671.php

[democrattotheend]

4. I'm not a Texan, but I agree

What has happened to this place? When I first started posting here in 2003 I felt like I was to the right of most of the people on here. Jessica Cisneros is the kind of candidate most here would have rooted for. Now people are happy about this DINO staying in office in a blue district where a more progressive candidate could have won?

[mvd]

14. Cueller's terrible on combating climate change

Among a host of other things. Very sorry for you that Cisneros lost.

[BeckyDem]

41. Very sad and it speaks dramatically

Of the parties intentions, imo.

[NYMinute]

43. It is the JD, OR, Bernie effect

People have bitter memories.

[DanTex]

6. An anti-choice, pro-NRA Dem won. That's a good thing?

[Me.]

7. And You Would Trust A JD More?

I think Nancy P. knows what she's doing.

Oh and Ps. his opponent worked for him.

[DanTex]

8. Of course I would. JDs are pro-choice progressives.

[Me.]

9. So They Say

[DanTex]

10. And so they vote.

[Me.]

11. We'll See

[DanTex]

13. We have seen.

[democrattotheend]

29. What have they done to make you think otherwise?

What votes have they taken that are anti-choice or anti-progressive?

[Demsrule86]

12. He could have been defeated by a different candidate...don't vote for justice Democrats in

Texas! Or maybe this guy is the best we can do in that district..don't know Texas well enough to make a call on this.

[Me.]

15. Quite

and maybe that's why a non- justice dem didn't run against him

[Celerity]

21. If a Justice Dem can get to within 3.6 points of him, a normal,actual Democratic platform-supporting

centre-left liberal would have knocked Cuellar out. He has horrific views and campaigns for and fundraises for Rethugs, on top of all his other crap (pro-life, NRA A - rated, anti-LGBTQ, etc etc)

Oh well, hopefully a better challenger tries again in 2022.

Win some, lose some.

[Me.]

22. +1

[Demsrule86]

27. AOC who is a justice Democrat backed him...I thought he was a justice Democrat...no

matter what he was too left for that district...maybe a moderate might have won and that would be an improvement from what I can tell.

[Me.]

28. AOC Backed Cuellar?

I thought she targeted him and. the person re was running again was a former, female staffer of his. I do know Nancy P. backed him.

[Demsrule86]

31. His opponent whose name escapes me.

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. There was a "Revolution" candidate running against Cal Cunningham for Thom Tillis' senate seat...

and thankfully she went down to defeat as well.

[Celerity]

24. that race I am glad Cunningham won, but arfff, so wish Cuellar had gone down

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=627567


Hopefully he gets a better, normal centre-left actual Democratic platform-supporting challenger in 2022. Meanwhile, I wager Cuellar will continue to campaign for and fundraise for Rethugs, like he did in 2018 with the detestable Rethug bigot and climate denier John Carter (who unfortunately won against MJ Hegar, who is now running against Cornyn for Senate)

[Tarheel_Dem]

25. Against a reasonable candidate, he may well have gone down, but you can never discount...

the advantage of incumbency. AOC was a fluke. It's difficult to unseat a sitting elected official.

[Celerity]

26. yes, thsi si true to a point, but like you said, a reasonable Dem (one who doesn't' support Rethugs

for starters and who is not anti-LGBTQ and who is not pro-life) can take him out with a smart campaign. Hopefully thsi comes in 2022. If the majority of the federal government somehow was able to implement Cuellar's desires, my marriage (I am lesbian) would never have happened, and if I were to become preggers (via a donor) and found out there were health issues, I could not terminate the pregnancy. Combine that with his his pro gunner, NRA - rated stance, and I can never root for him, as he is in a safe blue district (always Dem since its inception)

I am a very pragmatic young woman, but I do have lines I will not cross. Same goes for Dan Lipinski up in IL-3, who shares most of Cuellars's repugnant views. Marie Newman was hardly some fire-breathing radical democratic socialist.

I think she takes him done this time.


Newman: My family will never forgive Lipinski

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/25/lipinski-newman-illinois-chicago-484736

snip

Newman blamed machine elements in Lipinski’s campaign as the forces behind disparaging text messages — including on St. Patrick’s Day, a major Chicago holiday when early voting was underway — that hurt her campaign among 3rd Congressional District voters.

While Lipinski is known for his mild-mannered demeanor and low-key political style, the 11th-hour texts accused Newman of running an abortion clinic, of wanting to put the Little Sisters of the Poor out of business and of being a Holocaust denier, she said.

“They did do all of those things,” Newman said, pinning the blame on Lipinski’s camp. “Just to be clear, my husband is Jewish, two of my family members are nuns, and my family volunteered for Little Sisters of the Poor, including my mother. My mother was so outraged they made that comment about Little Sisters of the Poor, she literally got sick one night. As far as my family is concerned, they’ll never forgive that comment that Mr. Lipinski put forth on me.”

Challenger Newman sees gain in Lipinski’s pain — third candidate ‘stunned’ by bad blood

https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/1/22/21077286/challenger-newman-lipinski-pain-third-congressional-district-darwish

snip

Newman told Lipinski “you deserved it,” because of the negative campaign tactics the Chicago Democratic political machine used against her.

“The machine must go,” Newman said. “They torture families. They bully people. And they’re nasty people. The machine must die, and I am a reformer.”

Just three weeks ago, Lipinski joined 206 members of Congress, almost all Republicans, in signing onto a friend of the court brief filed in a Louisiana case seeking to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that ruled that access to abortions is a constitutional right.

Newman said the remark came out of pent-up anger over the nastiness of the campaign, including push-text messages in which she was accused of being anti-Catholic.

“My mom said rosaries for this guy because he was lying so much,” Newman said of Lipinski.

Other text messages accused her of running an abortion clinic and of being a Holocaust denier, Newman said.

“You can see my visible frustration with him. The machine did horrible things on the ground to me and said horrible things to my kids on Election Day. They tortured both of my kids all day long, and I just really had it,” Newman said. “And we will get rid of the machine one way or other.”

[NewJeffCT]

17. Sadly, Cuellar is the most conservative member of the House caucus

he should have been challenged, but maybe by somebody that would be more towards the middle of the caucus?

[Me.]

18. That Would've Been The Better Solution

[Celerity]

23. +1

[JudyM]

32. Pelosi and Koch backed him. Nice combo.

[TexasTowelie]

35. Maybe a challenger would have been more successful if they had more experience.

Why would the people in that district trade an incumbent with a BA, MA, JD, and PhD that has brought jobs to his district for a 26 year old attorney who has only one year of experience and isn't even licensed to practice law in Texas?

[denem]

19. It was close 52-48%

All that talk about what a good representative Cuellar was, and how much the district loved him

[Celerity]

20. ughhhh

He is pro life, anti-LGBTQ, A- rated by the NRA, anti-immigrant, the biggest recipient of private prison cash of all House dems, and close to the top of fossil fuel cash amongst House Dems, he campaigns for and fundraises for Republicans

Cuellar and Lipinski were the only 2 incumbents I wanted to see go, as both are in safe blue seats and they both share repugnant views

Hopefully Marie Newman takes out Lipinski this time, the Lieberman affiliated, partially RW-backed No Labels crowd pumped in 1 million USD at the last moment in 2018, Newman was the only Emily's List backed (she had across the board endorsements for so many organisations and sitting congresspeople) challenger to lose a primary, and Lipinksi's backers sent despicable mailings and texts/emails falsely smearing her as a fucking Holocaust denier and a Catholic basher! Rotten shit.

[Me.]

30. And That Is The Point

JD's should stop messing in races, as they have a poor track record. Perhaps someone else would've run if they hadn't pushed their way in. It was close but close isn't good enough

[denem]

33. The JDs are like the communists of old,

backing nationalist movements.

But the point is - there is nobody else. No one will back an insurgent against a sitting representative, no matter how repugnant they are.

Cuellar has fundraised for the GOP against Democrats in winnable seats. Fuck that.

[Celerity]

36. [phone]

[budkin]

34. BAD NEWS

Cuellar is a Republican for all intents and purposes. Why would you be happy about this?

[TexasTowelie]

38. Cuellar voted to impeach Trump.

His views on abortion and guns are also consistent with the values of his constituents. I was raised in south Texas and the culture in that part of the state is definitely conservative. There are no liberal arts universities in the region and Cuellar has an excellent track record on trade issues. When it comes down to it, the constituents of that district feared that they might lose their jobs with Cisneros as their representative.

[Me.]

39. Interesting

[Awsi Dooger]

37. Seems like a missed opportunity

A push from the left just not the far left. I don't understand why that's such a difficult concept

[Bettie]

40. So, now we celebrate anti-choice,

anti-woman, pro-NRA people.

Good to know.

[Me.]

42. Nonsense

the reality is that is who his constituents wanted as opposed to someone who would not benefit them as much. What was needed was a better choice.