Andy Kim is fantastic.
The party supports its incumbents against primary challengers as stated policy. Ostensibly this is because the party wants candidates with a proven track record, but in practice it’s to shut out progressives.
We’re about to see how far this policy goes. The party was willing to support Henry Cuellar, an anti-choice, pro-nra incumbent whose opponent was a progressive. If they support Menendez, it’s clear that criminals are more acceptable to the party than progressives. If they withhold their support for Menendez, then the excuse they used for supporting Cuellar was garbage.
I doubt they’ll support him when so many party officials have already called for him to resign
Ok, so they protected Cuellar because and only because his opponent was a progressive.
Cuellar may be a conservative, but he’s not a criminal. Big difference.
Okay, maybe small difference…
So now they have standards beyond “incumbent”?
No. Cuellar was propped up by the party because his opponent was progressive and no other reason. The “he’s an incumbent” bullshit was just an excuse because the party would rather have someone who would vote to have Texas’ abortion laws enforced nationwide than have someone who might vote to raise the minimum wage.
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