This is a terrible vote from all of them, but I want to emphasize again that Ed Case, who represents a district that can be won by any breathing Democrat, should be ruthlessly primaried. - ThreadSky

joekatz45.bsky.social • 3 days ago

This is a terrible vote from all of them, but I want to emphasize again that Ed Case, who represents a district that can be won by any breathing Democrat, should be ruthlessly primaried.

Reposted from April Glick Pulito

the four democrats who voted yes on the SAVE Act:

Jared Golden
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Henry Cuellar
Ed Case

Comments

mattferrel.bsky.social•3 days ago

You're not kidding about Ed Case. Dem district that gets over 70%
https://ballotpedia.org/Hawaii%27s_1st_Congressional_District

hoptimusprime.bsky.social•3 days ago

wonder if Case thinks doing Trump a solid here might convince him to do an EO repealing the Jones Act, which Case has been trying to amend

beckya.bsky.social•3 days ago

And Golden needs to be fired into the sun yesterday

dribrats.bsky.social•3 days ago

He's my Representative. I'm plenty mad at him, not for the first time, but if he gets fired into the sun, ME-02 turns red. Period.

beckya.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ok, fair point, similar to mine about MGP (I live in WA and don’t know that much about ME). Do wish he would shut up though

dribrats.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah. I understand that Golden has to do and say some unusual things from time to time in order to stay elected, but the trick is to say them where only his constituents can hear him. Attracting national attention seems like malpractice.

azuckerman.bsky.social•3 days ago

YES

beckya.bsky.social•3 days ago

Don’t know Case’s district but if it is as you say then yeah do the primary

reubenemoji.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s Honolulu. Not like D+20 PVI, but it’s absolutely not going to flip if someone successfully primaries him.

beckya.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not a native but have spent a lot of time in HI especially BI but also Oahu (and Kauai)

beckya.bsky.social•3 days ago

OMG that is indeed blue, thanks

juniper92254244.bsky.social•3 days ago

Didn’t he go to Punaho? Find someone who went to Kamehameha or public school?

juniper92254244.bsky.social•3 days ago

Punahou- fat fingies

beckya.bsky.social•3 days ago

???

juniper92254244.bsky.social•3 days ago

A local indentifier is where you went to high school. Punahou is the prestigious college prep.

beckya.bsky.social•3 days ago

Agreed, but MGP at least has a somewhat plausible explanation, her district has a lot of MAGA and she has to do a constant high-wire balancing act

thesnarkygent.bsky.social•3 days ago

As one of her constituents: nah, she's a credulous reactionary-curious person herself, she thinks Trump's tariffs will "bring back manufacturing jobs" and won't lift a finger to stop him, she's SO dumb

beckya.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not her constituent (in the district just north fortunately), but serious question: could any other kind of Dem win there? Kent came uncomfortably close! Open to argument here.

joshrgrossman.bsky.social•3 days ago

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, with a hyphenated name, doesn't want women to be able to vote?

aliz1.bsky.social•3 days ago

She’s privileged with financial resources.. most likely possesses a passport.

pamfulkerson.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don’t agree with her on a lot of stuff and this vote is stupid and horrible but she is in a pretty red area and beat a literal Nazi. Absolutely not justifying this vote, but Joe Kent would have been so much worse.

asfried.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's time to replace Golden, too.

beu4ic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Do you know if there are any viable candidates who would primary Golden?

robinbudd.bsky.social•3 days ago

Can Marie vote? What do her papers say?!!!

wtfjusthappened.bsky.social•3 days ago

What?

dsng480.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jared Golden holds the Trumpiest district of any Democrat.

Dem leadership just shrugs, waves at him from a distance, and leaves him alone. He's some freak of nature, no business being in Congress.

pandachronicle.bsky.social•3 days ago

fuck them

hobbitwomanz.bsky.social•3 days ago

Anti-choice Cuellar is the one Pelosi screwed over the pro-choice candidate to support. He's been nothing but crap.

g-chris.bsky.social•3 days ago

This looks like one of those issues where liberals are out of sync with majority of voters.

Dems voting for an issue with 80% support doesn’t seem like a primary-worthy offense. There’s a lot of reasons to be annoyed with compromising Dems, but this isn’t one.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/02/07/bipartisan-support-for-early-in-person-voting-voter-id-election-day-national-holiday/

socialmediaownsit.bsky.social•2 days ago

Lol, this isn't photo ID, but you know that, so it makes you wonder why you're lying?

ptros.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cuellar fucking sucks. The poster boy for if a DINO was a thing

celerycaraway.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes-- "he has served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district since 2019, which covers the urban core of Honolulu."
We don't need Dems like this-- #HandsOffHerVote !
@votersoftomorrow.org, @demwomencaucus.bsky.social, @runforsomething.net

clintpup.bsky.social•3 days ago

Some Democrats voted for this mess?Seriously?! I am not usually on the torch and pitchfork brigade, but wow, just wow.

gabequixote.bsky.social•3 days ago

That weirdo Marie Gluesenkamp Perez needs to be primaried. She’s a proto-Sinema that some poor Democrats are going to get coerced into supporting.

mattferrel.bsky.social•3 days ago

MGP is the district next to me. Dems tried for years to oust Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) who flipped the district in 2010. R's mad that JHB voted to impeach Trump narrowly dumped her in favor of Joe Kent (Nazi) in 2022. Fortunately, MGP won. I don't agree with her but I understand the strategy.

anthonynagatani.bsky.social•3 days ago

I am a constituent of his. I am not happy he votes for Voter Suppression and for tax cuts for billionaires. But please come to Oahu and take a look around. Hard to find a Dem who could beat Case, and why would anyone who could leave their (probably) better job to do it?

reubenemoji.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you for your input/insight—I always want to hear from people in specific districts being discussed. I still think it’d be worth it for, say, a State Sen. not up until 2028 to take a whack at it, but it looks like most of CD1’s are up next year, & anyway, who knows if any are willing or better.

trashpitz.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also adding on since I'm in the same district. Ed Case is a well known Democrat in Name only that gets off race larping as an Asian. the last election was basically either him or another hyper religious Republican man. We are fucked either way

lindarn.bsky.social•3 days ago

WTF

cheryl-blue.bsky.social•3 days ago

You haven't seriously got a terrible politician called "headcase"?

joekalicki.bsky.social•3 days ago

They should all be primaried out of existence

bippity.bsky.social•3 days ago

Can we just marvel at how epically dumb this legislation is for the GOP? The powers that be simply don’t know who their new voters are.

drsallyryan.bsky.social•3 days ago

I can't help but look at these folks and think "kompromat." There must be this tiny speck of a space between a rock and a hard place where they bury their souls.

alllogsare5.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also want to emphasize that top dem leadership rallied behind cuellar (who is pro-life!) against the progressive cisneros, including having the whip clyburn come out to stump for him *while he was under investigation by the FBI for bribery*

bayoupolitics.bsky.social•3 days ago

Because Cisneros would have gotten destroyed. I don't like Cuellar either but as long as Congress is a numbers game with most seats safe for one side or the other, this is going to keep happening.

dconrad.bsky.social•3 days ago

The other three are a huge disappointment but not a huge surprise, especially Henry Cuellar.

mlamb.bsky.social•3 days ago

WTF is wrong with these House Democrats? It’s a voter suppression bill!

themadstatist.bsky.social•3 days ago

You know it's really funny… If people that keep pretending we're going to have free and fair elections in '26 or '28 and that the four were just ... strategizing or some other bullshit. It also doesn't help that Senate Dems keep voting for Regime nominees instead of believing what they tweet or send

themadstatist.bsky.social•3 days ago

Out in campaign fundraisers.

marysez.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cuellar.. again!! Another crappy rep lifted up by people like Pelosi

liberalgrannie.bsky.social•3 days ago

What is going on? It’s bad enough that repubs voted for this but these democrats? What the fuck!?

joe-guiliano.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pick your battles, but G. Perez seems to have a reactionary streak a mile wide and will do full fascist all the way as long as she gets a slice for the home turf.

azuckerman.bsky.social•3 days ago

Golden had so much promise... I mean, the tattoos and all... But now the bloom is off tattoos (Hegseth) and Golden as well. Maine has the oldest population per capita. Women outlive men. Those older women changed their names upon marriage. My mom is 89. She's a citizen! We are pissed!

witwarrior.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ed Case!!! No! What a betrayal of Honolulu!

dosomethingplease.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jared Golden at this point is a MAGA Republican!

hapak.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m in Hawaii and disgusted with him. He’s done here!

stellasrise21.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well besides Ed Case who is not on Bluesky I just went to each of their pages called them a piece of shit told them to go fuck themselves and called them a traitor 👍

striderhlc.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cuellar is also from a D+5 district as I recall.

profmisterlizzie.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think that is also true of Cuellar's district, D +50. Gluesenkamp-Perez is the only one I let off the hook, as long as she votes for the Democratic speaker candidate I'm willing to let her figure out how to hold that district.

nabbp.bsky.social•3 days ago

The very thing I said directly to his staffer after I made the case that he has failed women- something he should explain to his wife tonight. Here’s his # if anyone else wants to call 202-225-2726

rdrslori.bsky.social•3 days ago

Big thanks to the four cowards who voted against the will of their constituents. I will be donating to whomever runs against them.

n83z01qbui.bsky.social•3 days ago

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

bananarepublicans.bsky.social•3 days ago

There are clearly traitors in our midst.

sigmanerd.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'd almost be willing to allow it, as insane as it is, for Dem's in vulnerable distrist. It's idiotic, and irrational, but maybe it is necessary politics.

Safe state Dem's? Get the hell out of here if you're not serious.

sigmanerd.bsky.social•3 days ago

Gluesenkamp Perez does regularly piss me off, because she did something really cool once (Supporting right to repair) then acted like she's helping blue-collar Americans by opposing student loan relief. It's a false narrative.

nm50.bsky.social•3 days ago

No excuse for Case - Hawai'i can do better

wolfli.bsky.social•2 days ago

This Hawai'i resident will actively campaign for any Democrat who runs against Ed. I've never regretted a vote more than the one I cast for him.

sqeeker.bsky.social•3 days ago

Vote out Democrats who voted for the SAVE act.

sqeeker.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wonder if the Democrats who voted for the Save Act actually read it.

marghim.bsky.social•3 days ago

I believe Democrat Vicente Gonzalez from Texas also voted yes.

marghim.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or maybe not - I looked through an original list of the “ayes” and he was on it, but not in a later list. So perhaps it was an error. If so, I apologize.

nancyjam.bsky.social•3 days ago

So disgusted @ Gluesenkamp Perez

sdrose.bsky.social•3 days ago

#PrimaryDemocrats

reubenemoji.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m just gonna say it: if our potential 2026 majority *depends* on the other three being reelected, then we will have had much bigger problems (I.e., none of the DCCC target seats panning out & other non-Blue Dogs losing their seats in what should have been a great Democratic year).

mleawj.bsky.social•3 days ago

Henry has been GOP for years!! Primary indeed!

icasttrish.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jessica Cisneros did. Then AIPAC and Nancy Pelosi crushed her

hobbitwomanz.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'll never forgive nor forget

mikedavis.bsky.social•3 days ago

you'd think one-party states would give you firebrands - but often it just gives you Organization Men/Women, who are great at primary politics and have no reason to learn any other.

joekatz45.bsky.social•3 days ago

Very few people anticipate competitive elections and everyone with political ambitions joins the majority party, even if they shouldn't necessarily be there ideologically. It's a problem.