lpetrich
Contributor
Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros are now neck and neck. From Texas 28th Congressional District Runoff Election Results 2022 - The New York Times HC now has 175 more votes than JC out of a total of 45,209.
Marianne Williamson on Twitter: "Progressive Jessica Cisneros in an extremely close Congressional race in Texas tonight against Henry Cuellar.
Pelosi, Clyburn and Hoyer all vigorously supported Cuellar, who's the only House Democrat with an A rating from the NRA." / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "On the day of a mass shooting and weeks after news of Roe, ..." / Twitter
Marianne Williamson on Twitter: "Progressive Jessica Cisneros in an extremely close Congressional race in Texas tonight against Henry Cuellar.
Pelosi, Clyburn and Hoyer all vigorously supported Cuellar, who's the only House Democrat with an A rating from the NRA." / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "On the day of a mass shooting and weeks after news of Roe, ..." / Twitter
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.
Accountability isn’t partisan. This was an utter failure of leadership.
Congress should not be an incumbent protection racket and sadly it is treated as such by far too many.
The fact is those who fail their communities deserve to lose. They don’t need rescuing from powerful leaders who state they fight for gun safety, the right to choose, and more.
TX28 is an extremely close race. If Cuellar wins, leadership’s decision to go to the mat for a pro-NRA incumbent will be the reason why. If Cisneros pulls it out, they will have mobilized against a badly needed grassroots for Nov & fought against a historic victory. And for what?
The last time leadership waded in to save him, he thanked them by obstructing the party’s signature legislation, paving the way for the child tax credit to collapse and imperiling millions while taking a victory lap for it.
We can’t afford to reward such acts. We can do better.