Progressives are celebrating a major win in Pennsylvania, where state Rep. Summer Lee overcame a deluge of outside money to win a Democratic House primary.
. While the funding came from pro-Israel super-PACs that have supported a number of Republicans, they did not attack Lee for her position on international relations but instead questioned her loyalty as a Democrat who would support President Biden’s agenda. The ads were
“While I was knocking doors, I also found the ads working against their original intent,” she continued. “After seeing the ads or reading the mailer, many people were motivated to go out and vote for Summer, because they too are frustrated with the Democratic Party and believe that it does need to be rebuilt to be more diverse, inclusive and rooted in progressive values.”
“The goal of this billionaire funded effort is to crush the candidacies of a number of progressive women of color who are running for Congress,” wrote Sanders. “The underlying story here is a shift of political weight away from the unions that represent people who build hospitals, towards the unions that are seeking to represent people who labor in them,” Putnam told Yahoo News.
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