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In reply to the discussion: Nina Turner: Wrong for Ohio [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)13. Yes... there are a couple of others that make it VERY CLEAR who she is and what she's about.
In her own words: Nina Turner seems to hate the Democratic party. --- Here's an interesting collection of video/audio clips of interviews that Nina-T has given over the years. She makes it very clear that she has nothing but contempt and distrust of the Democratic Party. Yet here she is, running "as a" Democrat (but only because her preferred "People's Party" didn't have what it takes to get on the ballot in Ohio.)
I spent a few minutes typing a transcript of the on-screen text AND her exact words. Watch and listen to the video... read-along if you want. Here is the TRUTH about what Nina-T thinks of Democrats... the words are coming from her own mouth!
Nina Turner is running as a Democratic candidate for #OH11 but she seems to hate the party. She never said she voted for Biden in 2020 or Hillary in 2016. She also said electing President Obama was symbolic & produced no results & that Kamala as VP pick was to check off a box.
Link to tweet
Nina Turner highlights the moment her disdain for the Democratic Party originated.
-- "... and at a dinner for the Ohio Democratic Party, President Clinton said everyone else's name but mine. So, this is the exclusive because I've never told this story publicly."
Nina Turner explains that President Obama was only a symbolic figure.
-- "... we made no demands of the President, and the 'symbol' of President Obama is a beautiful thing, but what did that get us collectively?"
Nina Turner explains she believes the 2016 Democratic Primary was rigged.
-- "... the fix was in from the beginning!"
Nina Turner explains she is not about party unity: She thinks her preferred 2016 candidate was "cheated"
-- "... well I wasn't there, you know, I was home. Because, my, the person I wanted, you know, got cheated in the primary."
Nina Turner explains if it is a choice between Trump or Hillary, might as well vote for the extreme.
-- "... you know if it's the difference between the lesser of the two evils, we might just go with straight-up evil!"
Nina Turner explains she "would love to see" the extreme left "go crazy" & "hold the Democratic Party hostage"
-- "... what I would love to see the progressive movement do from the progressive members of the House of Representatives and progressive members who may be in the Senate is... to go crazy! Maybe take a page out of the Tea Party book and hold the Democratic Party hostage!"
Nina Turner explains that Kamala Harris joining the ticket is about "checking off a box"
-- "... it cannot be about just checking-off a box! But it is clear that the Democratic Party -- that is what they are most concerned about -- see, they're more concerned about optics."
Nina Turner explains that Kamala Harris joining the ticket is the ticket Wall Street wants.
-- "... Wall Street has the ticket that they want!"
Nina Turner explains that having to vote between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is like choosing between two bowls of shit to eat.
-- "... you got two bowls of shit in front of you, and you got to pick one. That's the situation we in right now. Bowl #1 or Bowl #2?"
How can Nina work with a party she hates?
-- "... these so-called Democrats!"
-- "... I have no faith in the Democratic Party."
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According to "The People's Party" (which she co-founded) Nina originally WANTED to run...
NurseJackie
Jul 2021
#18
Here are their areas of focus... which one/s do you disagree with? It all looks good to me!
NurseJackie
Jul 2021
#15
Dealings with Third Way in the past, they are a group to create fissures in the Democratic Party.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2021
#41
Lol. She's a backstabber and untrustworthy. Just because she worked for Senator Sanders
emulatorloo
Jul 2021
#19
Nina-T is the same woman who endorsed Jill Fucking Stine instead of Hillary...
NurseJackie
Jul 2021
#22
Yes... there are a couple of others that make it VERY CLEAR who she is and what she's about.
NurseJackie
Jul 2021
#13
The amazing thing is these are all things she said herself, direct quotes....
George II
Jul 2021
#17
She made it clear that she has nothing but contempt for the Democratic party and President Biden...
NurseJackie
Jul 2021
#21
Neither one of those has started their own "People's Party" to siphon-off votes from Democrats.
NurseJackie
Jul 2021
#24
Don't know what you mean by "good guys and bad guys." Something is a fact and real, or it isn't.
betsuni
Aug 2021
#40
By the way, progressives said they would've voted for Elizabeth Warren if she'd run in 2016.
betsuni
Aug 2021
#42
"Third Way" is a group of progressive DEMOCRATS, and here you are bashing a group of DEMOCRATS!!
George II
Jul 2021
#32