Nina Turner has filed to run for Rep. Marcia Fudge's seat.

[Autumn]

Link to tweet

[Renew Deal]

1. Are there any Democrats running?

[still_one]

3. LOL. I really wish that Biden would have chosen someone who was not an active member

of the House such as Representative Fudge. We have such a narrow lead there, and I think we are taking unecessary risks with the majority lead by doing this

[Hortensis]

4. :) I'm sure there will be. An article suggesting Democrats were already

planning runs before Fudge's appointment, and mentioning Turner also, is unfortunately behind a pay wall.

OH-11 is 100% urban and "With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+32, it is the most Democratic district in Ohio and the 19th most Democratic district in the nation."

The answer to any questions about why Turner would abandon her principles to run as a corrupt corporatist Democrat.

[still_one]

9. I hope so. The disgusting statements she made during the general election about Joe Biden.

from my perspective, indicate she isn't the person to fill the shoes of Rep. Fudge

[Hortensis]

11. Rep. Fudge was reelected by 80% of the vote and President-Elect Biden

beat Trump by a wide margin in OH-11.

Turner's anti-Democratic/anti-Biden attitude may come back to bite her. Imagine HUD Secretary Fudge will be endorsing one of her Democratic opponents.

[still_one]

15. Good. Thanks for the background

[Lordquinton]

17. Yes, Nina Turner

[Squinch]

2. What happened to that party she was putting together to compete with Democrats?

And her very loudly and offensively proclaimed hatred for Democrats?

[still_one]

8. I hope there are Democrats who are running for Rep. Fudge seat, because Nina Turner

made some extremely disgusting statements about President-Elect Joe Biden during the general election, which indicated where she is coming from, which isn't a good place

[octoberlib]

20. There are a couple. Marcia Fudge is endorsing

City Councilwoman Shontel Brown but there’s also a guy running. Can’t remember his name.

[still_one]

23. Thanks. Good to hear

[AmericanCanuck]

30. Let's have only one Democrat run against her

Otherwise those two would divide the votes and benefiting NT.

NT should not win that primary. We need a lifelong and true Democrat.

[hlthe2b]

5. Who will run against her as the Democrat?

[Chicago1980]

6. God she's annoying...

She's what happens when progressives become obstructionists.

[redstateblues]

7. Running as the Democratic Socialist candidate I imagine. Good luck!

Did she used to be a Democrat?

[Demsrule86]

16. Yeah I liked her and voted for her. The Clintons did much for her...and stabbed Hillary in the back.

She went off the rails during the 16 primary. She has said she is not a Democrat.

[R B Garr]

21. Yes, the Clintons did a lot for here.

Bill raised money on her behalf, etc. Now she tees off on the Clinton’s — even though Bernie lost twice.

[Demsrule86]

31. Ms. Turner has attacked the Democratic Party repeatedly, trashed both Clintons and Biden ,

supported a right to life candidate in Nebraska and lectured us on what our party should and should not accept, she has black balled Democratic candidates in her former group 'Our revolution'. And said she was more than willing to support Republican candidates. And had started some sort of party to steal votes from us before becoming a lobbyist.

[Cameliano]

10. Is she changing parties again?

Or will she stay in that party that she switched to?
I don't even remember the name.

[octoberlib]

19. She's running as a Democrat after she founded

The People’s Party to oppose Democrats. She wants access tothose Democratic donor lists and infrastructure.

[Demsrule86]

36. The Democratic Party is used and abused by people like her.

[Bev54]

12. I hope there is a better qualified dem to run in this county

[Hortensis]

13. There won't be a worse qualified one. :) Shontel Brown and

Jeff Johnson are two Dems who've announced already, with a crowded election expected. Fudge reportedly has been mentoring Brown and helped her obtain her current position.

Brown and Johnson are unlikely to be the only candidates who make a bid for Congress. The seat is a generational opportunity for a Northeast Ohio Democrat, with only three people representing the historical boundaries of the district since 1969: Louis Stokes, Tubbs Jones and Fudge.

[Bev54]

14. LOL so true.

[octoberlib]

18. Marcia Fudge has endorsed city councilwoman

Shontel Brown. to replace her.

[Demsrule86]

29. That is my guy then...Nina...no.

[NurseJackie]

22. Is this the same Nina Turner who compared Biden to a "BOWL OF SHIT"?? That one??

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I do not believe that will help her. She doesn't have a very good history of winning competitive elections. She's also an avowed supporter of Jill Stein. She voted for Jill Stein over Hillary (just like Susan Sarandon, just like Michael Moore)

Nina Turner is a gadfly.

Here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nina-turner-joe-biden_n_5f200c04c5b638cfec49ecd5

[Demonaut]

24. or was it "shit sandwich"?

[NurseJackie]

25. Here's the quote as it appears in the link (above):

Here's the quote as it appears in the link (above):

Nina Turner, assessing the choice of Biden against President Donald Trump in the November presidential election, told The Atlantic: “It’s like saying to somebody, ‘You have a bowl of shit in front of you, and all you’ve got to do is eat half of it instead of the whole thing.’ It’s still shit.”

Nina Turner is such a crude, vulgar and classless woman. I can't stand her.

[Demonaut]

27. you're right, she said Biden was "half a bowl of shit"

[dalton99a]

39. +1. She also said Biden "repeatedly betrayed" black voters

[Demsrule86]

28. I will vote for a Democrat thanks so much for thinking of us Ms. Turner...now don't you

have lobbying work to get back to or that new party you have started that is supposed to steal votes from Democrats or something. I intend to work for a primary candidate something I don't do very often...I will work for a Democrat, vote for a Democrat in the primary and vote for a Democrat in the election. Best wishes Ms. Turner no really.

[Hortensis]

34. Ah, the battle against the invasion of the anti-Democrats

is in your district? Good for you. I don't normally send outside money to local races, because it is contrary to the principles of representative government, but you all are going to need a whole lot of volunteers to offset the shitpile of outside money she's going to swamp the election with -- and all the dirty tactics it's to pay for.

A combination that's gotten McConnell reelected for 30 years of betrayal of the people of his state, because it works. Fortunately, the Democrats of OH-11 have been electing their own to represent them for even longer.

[Demsrule86]

37. I live in Cleveland.

I will be moving to Austintown as hubs got a new job but will go back and forth until this is done so I can vote for someone other than MS. Turner in the primary and election...whoever, must be a Democrat.

[Hortensis]

41. Glad you'll be able to vote. They're very ruthless and dirty,

SOP for that crowd. The only way they could knock out serious opposition from a Democrat would be by character assassination and deceit, and they're experts at that. They've even corrupted the meanings of many words to create their own vocabulary specially designed to deceive those who trust them and take out Democrats.

Here's Turner's buddy Sirota on the evil Democrats presiding over "the darkest timeline as the world burns." So: Taking charge of the executive branch on January 20 will only accelerate America's decent into a corrupt, corporatist hell.

Link to tweet

And here WE think we did good. Go get 'em, Demsrule86!

[Demsrule86]

51. I hate Sirota with a passion...yeah they are dirty...we will be watching.

[Hortensis]

52. From the front lines. Gird those loins, because they'd

tear them out if they could.

[Hortensis]

32. The same one who calls Biden-Harris the "neoliberal" (i.e. laissez-faire conservative)

wing of the Democratic Party.

I just read down her Twitter account, and her content regarding Democrats is frankly disgusting. No mention, for instance, of what Dems in congress have done and are fighting for, only constant dishonest false equivalencies of us and Republicans via hits against a corrupt and uncaring "congress." Here's one where we are referred to separately, though: "...we need a Democratic Party that fights for voters, not corporate donors." Not a nice word for Democrats to be found, but then we are the evil uncaring landlords of congress, and soon the WH too.

Link to tweet

She retweets a long Cornell West smear on Democrats about how Sanders was crushed by "neoliberalism." "Neoliberalism" is an oxymoron -- it means the hard-right, anti-government, anti-regulation, anti-progressive ideology adopted by the Republican leaders and their donor classes 40 years ago. Which is not nearly as long as Democrats have been fighting neoliberal economic policies, but Turner and West lie like Trumps by smearing Democrats with that term. In their version, Sanders was crushed between two inimical forces: the greedy corporatist "neoliberal" Democrats and the greedy corporatist AND neofascist Republicans.

Yes, he calls Republicans fascist but strictly for the purpose of smearing Democrats with their sins. While Democrats have been battling the fascistic tactics of the right and the real danger of a RW authoritarian takeover, Turner's feed is remarkably empty of attention to anything that might differentiate or cause anyone to remember the noble ideals and desperate need for the Democratic Party.

But she filed as a Democrat because that's the only way to win in that district.

Speaking of donors, also disgusting is that she's coming into this race with a huge amount of outside Big Money to swamp what local politicians will be raising from the actual local residents of OH-11.

[betsuni]

33. +1

[LiberalFighter]

35. She needs to lose in the primary by a wide margin.

[MineralMan]

38. I do not believe she will do well.

I do not believe she should do well.

I do not care for her even one little bit.

[OnDoutside]

42. I hope people don't take it for granted that she wouldn't do well, this will be a low turnout

election, and ridiculously bizarre results can happen. That's how Ted Cruz got elected and that's how a senior Dem like Joe Crowley lost.

[MineralMan]

43. Well, I don't live in nor do I vote in that state.

So, I'll leave it up to those who do.

[OnDoutside]

45. And yet you felt exercised enough to comment in the thread ?

[MineralMan]

47. My comment was about Nina Turner.

I do not consider her to be a Democrat. She is only one when she needs to be. That isn't right.

I will comment here as I see fit.

[OnDoutside]

48. As indeed you do.

[MineralMan]

49. As I will continue to do.

[OnDoutside]

50. I have no doubt that you will.

[DFW]

40. You can't tell me that Nina Turner-DEM stands for Democrat

More like "DEMolition expert."

[Chili]

44. been lazy and spoiled about local campaigns

When you have Louis Stokes, Stephanie Tubbs-Jones and Marcia Fudge to vote for, it's pretty easy. Now, THIS can't happen. Will have to get involved somehow this time.

My neighbor across the street is with the DNC. I will get with him.

[OnDoutside]

46. Please do, it would be terrible to sleepwalk into a self-inflicted disaster.