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2018 Jul 15, 8:51am   2,049 views  8 comments

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In rebuke of Dianne Feinstein, Kevin de León wins endorsement of California Democrats in Senate race

California Democratic Party leaders took a step to the left Saturday night, endorsing liberal state lawmaker Kevin de León for Senate in a stinging rebuke of Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

De León’s victory reflected the increasing strength of the state party’s liberal activist core, which was energized by the election of Republican Donald Trump as president.
The endorsement was an embarrassment for Feinstein, who is running for a fifth full term, and indicates that Democratic activists in California have soured on her reputation for pragmatism and deference to bipartisanship as Trump and a Republican-led Congress are attacking Democratic priorities on immigration, healthcare and environmental protections.

De León, a former state Senate leader from Los Angeles, received 65% of the vote of about 330 members of the state party’s executive board — more than the 60% needed to secure the endorsement. Feinstein, who pleaded with party leaders meeting in Oakland this weekend not to endorse any candidate, received 7%, and 28% voted for “no endorsement.”

“We have presented Californians with the first real alternative to the worn-out Washington playbook in a quarter-century,” De León said in a statement shortly after the endorsement was announced.

It’s not clear that the endorsement will have a significant effect on the general election. Feinstein crushed De León in the June primary, winning every county and finishing in first place with 44% of the overall vote. De León finished far behind with 12%, which was enough for a second-place finish and a ticket to the November election under the state’s top-two primary system.

The endorsement can come with hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money, which the De León campaign will have to help raise, as well as party volunteers and political organizing assistance. De León needs that support to increase his odds of victory in November. Feinstein had $7 million in campaign cash socked away as of May, 10 times what De León had.

The Feinstein campaign touted her primary win in a statement Saturday night.

Lynne Standard-Nightengale, a member of the Amador County Democratic Central Committee, said she supported De León even though she realizes he has almost no chance of beating Feinstein. She said she wanted to send a message.

“I just think we need a younger, progressive person there,” she said. “The Democratic Party in California has moved to the left, and he personifies those values.”
De León had some inherent advantages with the California Democratic leaders who decided the endorsement. He’s been a fixture at state party conventions and has
spearheaded legislation in a Democratic-dominated state Legislature. Feinstein, who spends much of her time in Washington, has had a distant relationship with party activists for years.

"Kevin, by nature of his job, is visible and active here at home,” said state Party Chairman Eric Bauman.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-feinstein-de-leon-endorsement-20180714-story.html

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1   lostand confused   2018 Jul 15, 11:51am  

So this Deleon is for abolishing ICE and openly admitted he has relatives who steal social security numbers-LOL-what the fuck happened to CA? When will you guys wake up?????????
2   mell   2018 Jul 15, 2:38pm  

Very Shakespearian title.
3   Shaman   2018 Jul 15, 3:43pm  

Imagine having to vote for one of these two!
Yah, that’s me in November. I guess I’ll choose the old bat who hasn’t gone full retard like her opponent.
4   Ceffer   2018 Jul 15, 3:49pm  

Darn. She and her husband were hoping to clear another billion before leaving office.
5   RC2006   2018 Jul 15, 4:51pm  

He is a LA Raza supporter and has stated that its Ok for illegals to steal SS numbers.
6   FortWayne   2018 Jul 15, 6:49pm  

It’s kind of scary for those of us in CA.
These fucks take it all out on us since they control CA government.

TrumpingTits says
The Democrats seem to be quite happy becoming a minority extremist party for now.

Not that I have any problem with it.
7   Shaman   2018 Jul 16, 10:50am  

I just hope this campaign season brings California Democrats who are so utterly fringe batshit crazy, they alienate even the illegals who usually elect them.
Although I have met a number of (middle aged to older ladies) who are actually Democrat die hards and believe whatever that party sells them with the fervor of a thousand suns.

I really am coming to think that women’s suffrage was a big fucking mistake. Most women don’t care about politics until they’ve dropped their last egg. And they think with their emotions rather than their heads, so they’re easily manipulated into positions that make no fucking sense at all. But which they will defend to their last breath because “the feelz!!!”
8   RWSGFY   2018 Jul 16, 11:19am  

Quigley says
Imagine having to vote for one of these two!
Yah, that’s me in November. I guess I’ll choose the old bat who hasn’t gone full retard like her opponent.


Voting for that La Raza fuck is better than voting for Fineswine for two reasons: first, if he wins, the donkeys get one very junior senator instead of one VERY senior and seniority matters in Senate A LOT; second, if that fuck moves to DC he will be out of our hair with his stupid "assault weapons bans" he's generating faster than fucking rabbits breed.

All in all, kicking Fineswine out of DC and De Leon out of Sacramento is better than letting them stay where they are.

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