Your points are well taken, other than “the Dems tried to primary her.” First, hoping she might lose her next election but otherwise throwing up hands and supporting her when she wins is nowhere close to the UK Labour Party stripping their girl of the whip position. That’s what an old singer called “wishin’ and hopin’” whereas the UK party actually did something about the situation. Second, according to that article the primary challengers were “attorney Antone Melton-Meaux, diversity and inclusion advocate John Mason, Uber driver and former Minnesota Department of Revenue employee Haji Yussuf, and underinsured health care community clinic co-founder Leila Shukri Adan.” So… maybe one semi-serious contender (the attorney)? Maybe? Did this gallery of clowns have significant party backing, did prominent Dems campaign for any of them? When Omar inevitably won, did the party give her the cold shoulder or tell her to keep herself in check? It’s a big ol’ no on each of those questions.
First, hoping she might lose her next election but otherwise throwing up hands and supporting her when she wins is nowhere close to the UK Labour Party stripping their girl of the whip position.
I know. Like I said, in the US, blacks have a longer leash. She also said something different.
It was definitely a serious attempt at ousting her. It wasn't super overt because, as I said, the Dems have to manage their diversity coalition so they have to manage this stuff carefully, but they made a serious attempt at her.
"Mr. Melton-Meaux had received extensive financial support from national groups hoping to see the incumbent ousted. During the second quarter of 2020, Mr. Melton-Meaux raised six times as much as Ms. Omar did, and an analysis from The MinnPost showed about 20 percent of his large-dollar donations came with bundling help from pro-Israel political action committees. Mr. Melton-Meaux also received the endorsement of The Star Tribune, the region’s flagship newspaper."
Your points are well taken, other than “the Dems tried to primary her.” First, hoping she might lose her next election but otherwise throwing up hands and supporting her when she wins is nowhere close to the UK Labour Party stripping their girl of the whip position. That’s what an old singer called “wishin’ and hopin’” whereas the UK party actually did something about the situation. Second, according to that article the primary challengers were “attorney Antone Melton-Meaux, diversity and inclusion advocate John Mason, Uber driver and former Minnesota Department of Revenue employee Haji Yussuf, and underinsured health care community clinic co-founder Leila Shukri Adan.” So… maybe one semi-serious contender (the attorney)? Maybe? Did this gallery of clowns have significant party backing, did prominent Dems campaign for any of them? When Omar inevitably won, did the party give her the cold shoulder or tell her to keep herself in check? It’s a big ol’ no on each of those questions.
I know. Like I said, in the US, blacks have a longer leash. She also said something different.
It was definitely a serious attempt at ousting her. It wasn't super overt because, as I said, the Dems have to manage their diversity coalition so they have to manage this stuff carefully, but they made a serious attempt at her.
"Mr. Melton-Meaux had received extensive financial support from national groups hoping to see the incumbent ousted. During the second quarter of 2020, Mr. Melton-Meaux raised six times as much as Ms. Omar did, and an analysis from The MinnPost showed about 20 percent of his large-dollar donations came with bundling help from pro-Israel political action committees. Mr. Melton-Meaux also received the endorsement of The Star Tribune, the region’s flagship newspaper."
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