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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 08, 2019, 06:58:00 pm
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Impeachment-hungry ex-Clinton aide eyes primary takedown of Nadler
by Vaishnavee Sharma
| June 08, 2019 12:54 PM
| Updated Jun 08, 2019, 01:10 PM
A former aide to Hillary Clinton is fed up with Democratic leadership's hesitation to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump and is openly considering a run against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler.
Peter Daou, who led digital operations for Clinton’s 2008 campaign, railed against House leaders' insistence to focus on investigations, not impeachment, during an interview Friday.
“This is not a time for half-measures. We are facing a threat we’ve never faced before — certainly within our lifetimes — and that’s an autocrat as a president, somebody who has no respect for the rule of law,†Daou told MSNBC’s Ari Melber.
“I don't want to impugn the integrity of Speaker Pelosi or Representative Nadler … but they are failing colossally at this point,†Daou added.
Daou said that he believes “the Democratic Party leadership needs to change†and revealed that he considering entering the primary for Nadler's seat so he could “walk the talk.â€
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The campaign strategist of the losing campaigns of Hillary, Kerry and Arlen Specter believes he has a winning hand?
Don't those libs have a lot of misplaced faith in themselves?
The only thing going for him as he is apparently pretty good as a Jazz musician, so perhaps he might solicit one vote at least from @Jazzhead 888high58888