Former Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman, Marcia Fudge, Endorses Hillary Clinton

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Hillary Clinton is the early favorite as the Democratic presidential candidate, and now she has the support of one of Ohio’s most outspoken Democratic voices.

Rep. Marcia Fudge, of Warrensville Heights, announced Wednesday that she is publicly endorsing Clinton’s campaign for president.






“We are at a point in our nation’s history when the right leadership is needed more than ever,” said a statement from Fudge. “Hillary has spent her life advocating for poor and working class families.

“Hillary will help build an economy for tomorrow and beyond; strengthen America’s families; defend our country and its core values; and revitalize our democracy. In other words, she gets it. Hillary understands the issues that matter to people in my district and around the country, like income equality, women’s rights and universal voter registration. Hillary is the best candidate for the job.”

http://cleveland.suntimes.com/cle-news/7/91/251284/marcia-fudge-hillary-clinton-endorsement

[oasis]

1. Hmmm. Killer Mike, rapper vs. Marcia Fudge, former CBC Chair

I'm going to to research which one is closer to the issues Democrats care about.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I am glad Killer Mike made an endorsement...

I'm an old head...It's NWA. Digital Underground. and Public Enemy for me.

[oasis]

3. I'm pretty sure he will do the right (practical) thing when Hill's our nominee.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I watched one of his music videos. It was actually pretty good./nt

[zappaman]

19. He is very old school.

Last record sounded quite a bit like old Ice Cube.
Recommended!

[bobbobbins01]

58. The big question is...

Who is going to get the coveted Humpty Hump endorsement?

[shenmue]

26. Probably not Killer Mike.

[1StrongBlackMan]

37. I'm thinking Marcia Fudge has more clout ...

with the Black electorate than Killer Mike. She is well liked and respected throughout all of Ohio.

[Cali_Democrat]

5. Hillary has well over 100 congressional endorsements

Is Bernie still stuck on zero?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Who is your congressperson?

My congressperson, Brad Sherman endorsed HRC long ago.

[DirtyHippyBastard]

11. Amazing that the capitalist controlled congress backs the capitalist candidate. I am shocked.

[SoapBox]

20. +100

Ya, a real shocker.

Funny how she gets so much support, when she only served one term.

[NanceGreggs]

55. Funny how Bernie is getting no support ...

... and I understand he's served more than one term.

[shaayecanaan]

23. I really want to know what sports teams Bernie Sanders supports

and also what Hollywood starlets are prepared to endorse him. Hillary has Hollywood stars coming out of her arse, so I really don't think Bernie is a credible candidate unless he has a few in his corner. The more vapid and vacuous the better.

Did you hear that Bernie? More thick-as-pigshit Hollywood stars please.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. I didn't know Congresswoman Fudge was a starlet in addition to her many other accomplishments.

Thank you for informing me.

[shaayecanaan]

68. more information for you

The people who support Bernie sanders do not give a flying fuck what his ex wife has to say about him, what brand of beer he drinks, what inspiring stories he can tell us about his childhood or what endorsements he can garner.

That kind of matt-finish book cafe bullshit is for mediocre politicians who cant excite anyone with their political positions, so they have to resort to maudlin spun-shit stories about how they learned to love America at their mothers knee.

This is a peasants revolt, its not your usual dc elitist campaign. If you cant figure that out then you are lost.

[calimary]

6. Kick! Like that gif, too!

[freshwest]

7. This is good news! n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. She's also a member of the Progressive Caucus./nt

[sabrina 1]

10. Hillary will get all the Status Quo endorsements, she is the Status Quo

candidate, Bernie is getting the grassroots, people oriented endorsements, just as expected.

Congressmembers are funded by Wall St so no one expects them to endorse the candidate who is trying to get that corrosive influence out of our politics.

Every Congressmember is going to endorse Hillary, so no surprise here.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Congresswoman Fudge is also a member of the Progressive Caucus

Congresswoman Fudge is also a member of the Progressive Caucus of which Senator Sanders belongs:



http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/caucus-members/



Does the Congressional Progressive Caucus represent the status quo?


Thank you in advance.

[sabrina 1]

14. Yes, at this point they do represent the status quo. For a long time now

they have been a huge disappointment on major issues. So as I said, no surprise. This is not who is going to get the People's Candidate elected, it was never expected to be. Sad about the Progressive Caucus but for quite some time now, they have lost a lot of credibility. It gets comfortable in that bubble in DC, and few are willing to give up all the perks that come with doing what the 'right thing' according to 'conventional wisdom'.

Bernie most like will not, and didn't expect, get a single endoresement from a single Democrat in Congress.

It's fine, he won't need it.

[George II]

53. Maybe after this Senator Sanders will resign from the caucus?

[MADem]

13. They are all superdelegates, those congressmembers, so that's a problem for Sanders.

Clinton has the support of 30 Democratic senators already — including Sanders’ Vermont colleague, Patrick Leahy — in her latest White House bid, while her opponent has the backing of none. ..despite Sanders’ huge crowds and scores of small-dollar donations, his candidacy remains mostly an afterthought at his place of business. Twenty-one members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus — Congress’ leading caucus on liberal issues, in which Sanders is the lone senator — have endorsed Clinton, while none has endorsed Sanders. ...

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/hillary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-awkward-lunch-119974.html#ixzz3gBgLi9J1

[sabrina 1]

15. As I said, he never expected anything from Congress. He's been there long enough

to know how it works. Otoh, watch how they shift their allegiance when the PEOPLE decide who they want as leaders. For now, this is no surprise and definitely expected.

[SoapBox]

21. Let's see what happens when WE The People start voting...

And if the "status quo" leadership tries to fuck with who we want...

Well, there is going to be a new Dem "Tea Party" formed because we're gonna be mad as fucking hell.

Sabrina, you are so right!

[okasha]

24. Employers ( that's us, the voters)

tend to look unfavorably on job applicants who cannot secure even one letter of recommendation from colleagues, the people who know his work best.

[sabrina 1]

27. Yes, the employers, that would be US also, I note you ignored the rest of the

employers, do not look kindly on the employees we entrusted to do the job we hired them to do, when they betray that trust, especially on some major issues.

Otoh, we are very appreciative of employees with a long record of trying to get done the things we hired him to do, and we take note of those who SHOULD have been joining in that effort, but who chose instead to please those who they view as their bosses, the ones who pay them the big money and promise them the jobs they want if we, the employers, throw them out of office.

[okasha]

51. When an employee

has a long record of trying to do what his employers want him to do, and a long record of failing to do what they want him to do, they either fire him or shuffle him into a windowless office with a with a brass nameplate: Administrative Assistant to the Administrative Assistant to the Fifth Vice President.

BS has been good at two things: naming post offices and shipping truckloads of pork home to Vermont. Beyond that, he's all talk and no do.

[LuvLoogie]

30. Bernie is a long-time member of Congress,...

first the House and now the Senate. Given that a legislative body must build consensus, how do you propose that Senator Sanders build consensus? If the current Congress lacks Bernie-ish tendencies, do you have the guns to sweep in a cooperative, me-too Congress in 2016?

Since you think it trite to achieve progress through BUILDING consensus, how many resets must America endure until that perfect legislative body meets your expectations?

[sabrina 1]

33. Oh, that's an easy question, thanks for asking. We have to get the money

out of politics so that our Reps are not more beholden to Corps than they are to the people, and then people like Bernie who has consistently been RIGHT on every issue and voted that way, will not have to rely on Corporate funded, beholden to Wall St, colleagues.

This is the single most important issue in this campaign, though a lot of people haven't grasped that yet, see your question eg.

Btw, on what issues do you disagree with Sanders on? Gay Marriage, he was FOR while most of our dems were afraid to vote for it, 20 years ago. The Iraq War, he was against it whle sadly too many of our Corporate funded Dems voted for it. The Patriot Act, again he voted against it, while most of our Corporate Funded Dems voted for it.

I could go on, but we are now at a point where the public is awakening to the problems facing good Democratic members of Congress who are foiled by their Corporate funded colleagues each time there is a chance for them to work for those who elected them.

And Bernie is slowly but surely gaining recognition with a record that is practically unparrelled in Congress today for working FOR the people, because he never had to worry about his Corporate bosses, he didn't take their money as most have.

[LuvLoogie]

36. Okay, you are begging the question...

"We have to get the money out of politics so that our Reps are not more beholden to Corps than they are to the people, and then people like Bernie who has consistently been RIGHT on every issue and voted that way, will not have to rely on Corporate funded, beholden to Wall St, colleagues."

How?

[treestar]

46. If Bernie could get in the Senate without being beholden to corporations and Wall Street

Why can't other states do the same?

Or maybe they chose the candidates they wanted. The other 99 Senators represent their constituents, not Bernie's.

[MADem]

57. Good thing he expects nothing, because he's not being shown any love by them.

I don't think the pledged Supers will shift their loyalties unless their preferred candidate tells them to do that. And that's unlikely to happen.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

41. All that matters is getting more votes

In the end, I think Bernie will be on top - with the people, regardless of how many endorsements HRC gets. The big ones will be the big unions, and I think they will end up supporting the Bernster.

[m-lekktor]

16. I expect all DEM politicians and major entertainers to support her.

independent , lesser known entertainers might support Bernie.

To be honest i haven't heard much about the Congressional Black or Progressive Caucus since Obama has been president like I did during the Bush years.

[CTBlueboy]

17. what are you saying

Are you suggesting the CBC has been neutered during the Obama years ?

Your observation is correct by the way

CBC members have failed to address militarization of the police department, failed to address the rise in incarceration rate, failing to address the gutting of HBCUs,

[sabrina 1]

28. They've been very disappointing. Best we didn't hear much about them over

the past few years. I recall an article recently asking 'what happened' to the CBC'. Good question.

[KMOD]

18. K & R

[Cha]

22. Great, DSB! "Ohio is a very Important Swing State.." Yeah! Thank you, Rep Martha Fudge!

[ismnotwasm]

29. Kick and recommended!!!

Woot!

[sufrommich]

31. There goes the Congressional Black Caucus,under the bus.

[Scootaloo]

34. "Do not do the Yatta! dance near the subway's ska mosh pit"

That's a sign that could only exist in London.

[1StrongBlackMan]

45. But at least it's not the back of the bus. n/t

[silenttigersong]

32. Simple

They know where thyre bread is buttered from,getting money out of politics is one of Bernies main points.

[LuvLoogie]

44. How?

[frylock]

61. He's doing it right now.

[LuvLoogie]

63. Getting money out of Politics?

That takes legislation. Votes in congress.

[Scootaloo]

35. Good for her!

[Number23]

38. I'll never forget Fudge going off on McCain et al over Susan Rice

Had me like

Her "I am CONFUSED." at the 53 second mark -- DAMN, she sounds just like one of my favorite cousins.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

39. Thank you for posting. That was terrific and what they did to Susan Rice was a shame./nt

[silenttigersong]

40. Yeah

Hillary helped that war move forward as well.

[shenmue]

67. So did Bernie, when he voted to authorize funding

But you'd like to forget about that.

[Cha]

42. Brilliant of Martha Fudge, 23.. and they try to paint her as "establishment" as if that will lessen

her endorsement. big Fail

Thank you!

[Number23]

43. LOL Nobody with anything close to a brain would call Marcia Fudge "establishment" and no one with

half a brain would listen to anyone that did.

[1StrongBlackMan]

47. Come on ...

Establishment = Anyone that does not support Bernie, no matter what they stand for.

[Cha]

50. And, yet they keep trying. rofl

[treestar]

48. Good attitude

Very good speaker.

[MisterP]

49. and I presume she can back up the claims that Clinton will "build an economy," help families,

defend our country (given that 95% of attacks against us aren't pure aggression from foreigners with strange ways but blowback from our humanitarian interventions we thought could never go pear-shaped), advocate for the poor, working-class, and income inequality, and take democracy out of the hands of self-protecting time-servers and pay-to-play servants of the richest people on the planet?

N.B.: just saying "all your fantasies will come true" and fleeing the microphones does not constitute proof

[DemocratSinceBirth]

54. Well, Mister P

Well , Mister P

N.B.: just saying "all your fantasies will come true" and fleeing the microphones does not constitute proof

Does she seem like a shrinking violet to you?

[riversedge]

52. A big thanks to Rep. Fudge

[Snotcicles]

56. I think they all feel they have to. For their political future.

None of them have ever impressed me with their backbone.

[LuvLoogie]

64. Because people support Hillary out of duress.

Hillary would have turned them into a newt.

[Snotcicles]

65. Clever, I wouldn't go that far. A lot of them have bought into the Hillary can't loose,

and it would be far safer being wrong with her should she loose.
Than wrong with one of the others should she win.

[sheshe2]

59. KnR

For Rep Fudge!

[misterhighwasted]

60. K & R for two great women. Marcia Fudge & Sec Hillary Clinton

“We are at a point in our nation’s history when the right leadership is needed more than ever,” said a statement from Fudge. “Hillary has spent her life advocating for poor and working class families.



"EQUAL RIGHTS are HUMAN RIGHTS"
Hillary Clinton

[stevenleser]

62. K&R nt

[Thinkingabout]

66. K & R