Infighting: Far-Left Fuming at Democrat Leadership over Close Texas RunoffJacob Bliss 25 May 2022
Far-left lawmakers and groups showed anger toward House Democrat leadership after incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) declared victory in the “too close to call” Texas runoff against socialist Jessica Cisneros Tuesday night.
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) aimed at her party’s leadership — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), who reportedly ran recorded robocalls for the Democrat right before the race — after they supported Cuellar, and potentially led him to victory this past week.
“On the day of a mass shooting and weeks after news of Roe, Democratic Party leadership rallied for a pro-NRA, anti-choice incumbent under investigation in a close primary. Robocalls, fundraisers, all of it,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet. “Accountability isn’t partisan. This was an utter failure of leadership.”
In his statement declaring victory Tuesday night, Cuellar thanked Clyburn “for his steadfast support.” As of Wednesday night, the socialist has yet to concede, with 95 percent of the votes in and losing 50.2 percent to 49.8 percent, according to the New York Times. However, the race has still been marked too close to call by other major outlets.
Clyburn has, in fact, helped support other candidates from the far-left challenges and Republican opponents, as the Hill noted:
Clyburn, in particular, has helped Democrats against progressive and Republican opponents. In the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, he famously galvanized the Black vote in the South, propelling now-President Biden to victory against progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). And more than a year later, he backed now-Rep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) in her race against Sanders ally and progressive Nina Turner in the special election for Ohio’s 11th District. Brown defeated Turner twice, once in the 2021 special election and again in the Democratic primary earlier this month.
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