Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Sinema kinda considered a consensus choice from both Progressives and insiders for Senate by the time she ran?
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She was a former green, so most progressives in state didn't object. But observing from California I was horrified, seeing how far right she'd already shifted in the House & the rhetoric she used to justify it.
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No; progressives knew exactly who she was, based on her behavior and voting record in the HOUSE. She wouldn't have come within 40% of winning a Dem nomination for Senate, without Schumer engineering it.
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no
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I believe so
sep 3, 2025, 4:35 pm • 2 0 • view
she was not lol she was the consensus of Schumer and every centrist Dem pundit and staffer on twitter back in 2017
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Plenty of progressives backed her in '18 looking at the endorsements
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plenty of progressives in VA have endorsed Spanberger in Virginia; do you think this means they prefer that she be the Dem nominee?
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Oh ya, I remember Deedra now! Seems like a lifetime ago 😕
sep 3, 2025, 4:46 pm • 1 0 • view
but other Dems with higher name ID like Stanton wanted to run; Schumer kept him out of the race
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