The pain points emerging for progressives in Congress are bleeding over into Democratic primary challenges. With no unified force guiding challenges from the left, competing campaigns are left eating away at one another while striving for similar goals
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And the Democratic machine is taking advantage. (not pictured) almost beat last cycle after House Dem Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries advised him not to run, and to aim first for lower office or risk losing
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Rep. Max Rose told him the same thing last year, even allegedly offering him a job at the VA.
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Former Brooklyn Dem Boss Frank Seddio wrote an angry email in January telling him to "think about running for the assembly or senate. Or stop bullshitting people about what you can’t do.”
“Plenty of folks have come to me, telling me to take a hike,” he said
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Bunkeddeko said Clarke has done more recently to rename a post office after the late Rep. Major Owens and put up a statue honoring Chisholm than to pass meaningful legislation. “Who’s really asking serious questions here?" he said
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That Bunkeddeko's support for charters merits a generic, throwaway sentence in @RyanGrim & @akela_lacy's piece is distressing. That they don't mention $11,000 in contributions from Joel "Let's Make NYC the Silicon Valley of Charter Schools" Klein's family to Bunkeddeko is too. twitter.com/SwagBethlehem/…
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