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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 09:22 AM Jun 2014

DNC Chair: Primaries Proof GOP Thwarts Attempts At New Voter Outreach

KAY STEIGER – JUNE 25, 2014, 12:32 AM EDT

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...Wasserman Schultz's full statement:

“Another primary Election Day, another confirmation that while Democrats continue to expand our party, the GOP is thwarting their attempts to reach out to new voters.

“Democrats are ready to unite behind the historic candidacy of Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown, who is poised to become the state’s first African American governor, and would be just the fifth in our nation‘s history.

“Across the country, Democratic candidates are fighting to secure economic opportunity for working families, from Tim Bishop in New York’s first Congressional District to Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. Come November, voters will cast their ballots for Democratic candidates who are on their side, instead of candidates like Lee Zeldin and Bob Beauprez who are beholden to radical, right wing ideology.

“Meanwhile in Mississippi, Sen. Thad Cochran barely survived a challenge from Chris McDaniel with the help of a huge cash advantage. McDaniel’s campaign was plagued by scandal and controversy, but Cochran still required a runoff just to win his party’s nomination. Like in Mitch McConnell's primary, even the 'establishment' candidates who win Republican primaries are out of touch and out of the mainstream."


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DNC Chair: Primaries Proof GOP Thwarts Attempts At New Voter Outreach (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP
Thank you rtracey Jun 2014 #1
 

rtracey

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1. Thank you
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 10:52 AM
Jun 2014

Thank you Debbie Wasserman Schultz for your word, but I need to interject here. You have been basically absent this primary season, and I (IMO) think you need to step up your DNC chairperson job in getting out the vote. I voted in yesterdays primary, but many, many thousands did not. This is happening around the country. We need to see our Democrat leaders take more of a stance and assist us get out the vote.... grassroots cannot do it alone...

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